Background: Xiao Bai, a newcomer in a foreign company.

Let's take a look today. As a novice, Xiao Bai joined the new company and provided new entry skills for my friends to help them get through the novice period smoothly.

Action 1: Create your own workflow SOP.

As a newcomer, before starting work, we need to be familiar with many work processes ... such as opening permissions, applying for approval, downloading and installing software, booking conference rooms, printing and scanning documents, etc ... Things are trivial and complicated, and many times superiors/colleagues will only teach them once, so we need to record the process details in time and take screenshots of key pages in time! Follow up into a complete workflow document, so that you can view it when you forget it later.

You know, everyone in the workplace has their own schedule, and time is precious. Therefore, ask questions in one step as far as possible, make records, and don't ask the same question twice.

This will help to leave a good impression on smart, capable and eye-catching colleagues/leaders ~

Action 2: Take the things that leaders care about to heart.

For example, yesterday, the leader asked about the progress of a project, but you found that the project was still on trial. You need to take the initiative to check the progress of project approval in the next few days! Moreover, take the initiative to report to the leadership! Don't hold the attitude of squeezing toothpaste in the workplace. It is absolutely impossible for a leader to push one step before taking another.

Action 3: Learn to predict the needs of leaders.

For example, if the leader asks me to connect with the designer, I will consciously communicate with the designer about the quotation, schedule, full-time/part-time attributes, and whether there are any related works for reference. These are all questions that are likely to be asked when communicating with leaders! Predict the leader's questions in advance, reduce the time cost of communication back and forth, in one step! The boss will think you are very active, ambitious and efficient.

Action 4: Establish a "proper noun library"

Because the boss of the company is a foreigner, plans, materials, documents and even daily communication are in English, or Chinese is mixed with English. My biggest headache is that there are many English abbreviations in PPT. Later, I built a "proper noun library" with Tencent documents, and collected English abbreviations or common phrases regularly to facilitate myself to adapt to the "foreign enterprise" environment as soon as possible. This method is also suitable for collecting industry slang.

Action 5: learn to grasp the big and let go of the small.

As a newcomer, I always hope to complete the work delivered by the leader perfectly, and expect to deliver tasks far beyond the expectations of the leader, but this will fall into the misunderstanding of pursuing perfection. In the workplace, completion is always more important than perfection.

I remember that once the leader asked me to write an activity plan, and I explained all the details at the implementation level. But my leader thinks that I didn't present the logic of the scheme clearly, but elaborated the unimportant content (referring to the details of the implementation level). Finally, he modified a version of the scheme himself.

Newcomers should not be too obsessed with details, but should grasp the big and let go of the small. On the premise that the whole frame is clear and correct, add details. Remember: details are icing on the cake.

(A pleasant sunset on the way to work)

In addition to the five points mentioned above, the most important way to keep people in the workplace is: learn to manage upwards = learn to coax the boss. I have a colleague around me, who works on projects in general, and her colleagues don't like her, which has delayed the company's projects for a whole year. You may think that the boss will be very dissatisfied with such a seemingly incompetent person, but she is not! Instead, the boss stood beside her and spoke for her in front of outsiders. He also recognized her ability and claimed that she was the best soldier in the team. Even after she left her job, the boss tried his best to get her back. She is a very good manager.

So how did she do it? In my observation of her, I realized two things:

(1) Every day before leaving work, she will report to her boss about the day's work, what progress she has made, what problems she has encountered, etc. Let the boss feel that this subordinate is controllable, and give her a task with peace of mind. She can always control the situation. Learn to create more opportunities to communicate with your boss so that he can "see you".

Learn to coax the boss and make him happy. I know that children born after 90 and 00 are full of pride. They don't like the role of "flatterer" in the workplace, disdain "coaxing" and "pretending", and just want to stay away from the "battlefield". But learning to coax your boss will make your career path smoother. Simply put, praise your boss and show admiration for his ability, especially to affirm his boss in front of outsiders. Who doesn't like to hear compliments? Pay more attention to say hello to the boss. The boss also has troubles, whether at work or in life, standing on the boss's side. The degree of communication with the boss should be controlled.

Finally, I want to say that if you meet a "boss" and refuse to talk to her when you see him at work every day, and you just want to avoid her, let alone coax your boss into getting on well with him, then I advise you to change your boss as soon as possible and not to waste precious time in this company.