Defining Success

However, before developing your career and organizational success skills, think about your career and life within your organization. Ask yourself the question, “What do I really need to know or do to succeed here?” Your answers will depend very much on your personal goals. Definitions of what it means to thrive or succeed in an organization may include the following:

• being challenged and growing in experience and skills

• seeing the bigger picture and contributing to the effort

• experiencing job satisfaction and fulfillment

• receiving good performance reviews and raises

• getting increased responsibility and authority

• supervising others

• advancing in the organization.