| What Startup Employees Can Teach the Rest of Us About Work. |
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| Today’s Tip |
| To Widen Your Perspective, Pretend You're the CEO |
| When you work in a large company — or even a midsize one — it's easy to lose sight of how your job fits into the broader organization. To keep the bigger picture in mind, try playing CEO for a day. Imagine that you hold the top job, and consider each of your meetings, projects, and emails from that perspective. CEOs often have to balance conflicting needs and roles to make a decision. So how would a CEO respond or react in the situation you're in? What value would the chief executive find in your assignments and activities? And, importantly, how might that perspective lead you to change something about your work? We all get bogged down in the minutiae of our day-to-day tasks. This mental exercise will help you take a more holistic view of your job and value while also increasing your sense of ownership. |
| This tip is adapted from “What Startup Employees Can Teach the Rest of Us About Work,” by Anand Chopra-McGowan |
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