A dozen years from now, after you have graduated from the university of your choice, you will be attending a meeting at the company of your choice, with your boss and fellow employees.
It may be at Google, at the Pentagon, at a game- or fashion-design company, at a financial management institution, or at a pharmaceutical research facility.
You will be dressed according to the company’s standards (like your fellow employees), on time for the meeting and prepared. You will have something to write with and something to write on -- opened in front of you when the meeting begins.
You will sit quietly while your boss or co-workers make their presentations, and you certainly won’t call out to other people across the room. Whether the presentation is oral, written on a board, or projected as a slide show, you will take notes on the pertinent information so that you may refer to them later.
If they give you a handout, you will read it and retain it for later. If they call on you for information, you will be able to respond intelligently, having done your homework in advance to prepare for the meeting.
Those who impress at these meetings are the ones who will be promoted.
A dozen years from now, you will be attending many important meetings at which certain actions and behaviors will be required. Perhaps you should start practicing today.
It may be at Google, at the Pentagon, at a game- or fashion-design company, at a financial management institution, or at a pharmaceutical research facility.
You will be dressed according to the company’s standards (like your fellow employees), on time for the meeting and prepared. You will have something to write with and something to write on -- opened in front of you when the meeting begins.
You will sit quietly while your boss or co-workers make their presentations, and you certainly won’t call out to other people across the room. Whether the presentation is oral, written on a board, or projected as a slide show, you will take notes on the pertinent information so that you may refer to them later.
If they give you a handout, you will read it and retain it for later. If they call on you for information, you will be able to respond intelligently, having done your homework in advance to prepare for the meeting.
Those who impress at these meetings are the ones who will be promoted.
A dozen years from now, you will be attending many important meetings at which certain actions and behaviors will be required. Perhaps you should start practicing today.