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Are You a Star at Work?

By: Alan M. WebberTue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:51 PM
In other fields, there's very little doubt over what it takes to be a star. But do you know what it takes to be one at work? Robert E. Kelley has the answer.

Try it for a while. You'll know you're making progress when you start hearing about it from your colleagues. They'll start asking you to be on their team. You'll start getting calls from people asking for information. You'll know your efforts are working, because you'll find that you're being included in the stuff that counts.

The good news is, all of these skills can be learned. Becoming a star at work is like improving your golf or tennis game. You identify your bad habits and the improvements you need to put in place - and then you practice those improvements every day.

Alan M. Webber awebber@fastcompany.com is a founding editor of Fast company. You can reach Robert Kelley by email kelley+@cmu.edu , and you can learn more about his ideas on the Web www.kelleyideas.com .

From Issue 15 | May 1998

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July 28, 2009 at 1:37am by Smith William

she takes a tape recorder with her. After the meeting, she listens to the tape, writes up her notes, and reports back. To her, using the tape recorder was taking initiative.
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July 28, 2009 at 1:38am by Smith William

Who Lead Themselves (Currency/Doubleday, 1992). Fast Company found Kelley at his home in Pittsburgh and asked him to describe what it takes to be a star at work.
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October 28, 2009 at 1:47pm by chriss white

In other words, it's not what people bring to the party that makes them a star - it's what they do with what they bring. The secrets to being a star are not in people's personal characteristics but in how people go about doing their work.

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