Meet and exceed expectations
Aim to deliver value
Do not engage in unhealthy competition
Be a team player in all you do.
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Have respect for work rules
Regarding punctuality, communication, and dress
Always show the best manners
Develop good work habits and etiquette.
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Have a service heart and a servant heart
Help everyone get better in your group
Be generous with credit, praise, and recognition
Make sure to give credit where credit is due.
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Ask for feedback, and act on feedback
Show respect for unexpected ideas and views
Make sure yours is not the only voice that’s heard
And consider the impact on others, of any action you choose.
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Respect superiors, peers, and those junior to you
Be a continuous example as you grow in your role and tenure
Be known as someone who treats all people with dignity and respect
And someone who leaves a legacy of good feelings and tenor.
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Keep ethics front and forward
Never let temptations make you lose your way
Have a list of guiding principles and values
And check your actions against them at the end of each day.
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Keep growing as priorities shift, dear professional
Be open to learning new things
Have an open mind to new technologies, systems, and ideas
Adapt to whatever the wheels of market demand and change, brings.
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Embrace diversity and inclusion,
Use an expanding mind to avoid situations and strife
Learn to look at commonalities rather than differences
So however diverse the team, you are able to thrive.
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Build strong relationships as you go
With a foundation of trust and competence as your base
View your career as an expanding web of collaborative connections
This will ensure you have a future place.
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Be both optimistic and realistic
Ready to deal with a career's ebbs and flows
Look upon all opportunities and challenges as a gift
Inviting you to participate, inviting you to grow.
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Oh, and one, last thing, dear reader
Don’t forget to give back, as you go
Show gratitude to those you owe a debt to
And bless those who have less, as life gives you more.
