May 30, 2011 – Issue #9

The Right Attitude Makes all the Difference
Skills can be taught; enthusiasm can’t. That’s why having a “can-do” attitude is key to your career success. Colleagues, direct reports, leaders, clients and customers are all attracted to it.

A “can-do” attitude will get you ahead for three key reasons:

1. It communicates a commitment to quality and results.
2. It demonstrates that you overcome obstacles making you easy to work with.
3. It makes it clear that you are one that will go above and beyond and that any investment in you and your services will provide tremendous value and a significant return.

Survey Says
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Last week’s poll asked: Outside of improved performance and career success, what is the primary benefit of having a “can-do” attitude: stress reduction; improved leadership effectiveness; improved decision-making and overcoming obstacles; improved innovation; improved teamwork?

Poll results: The two highest scores were improved leadership effectiveness and improved decision-making and overcoming obstacles. The other three options were fairly evenly split.

Read more about these results here.

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