7 Keys to Success at Work

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7 Keys to Success at Work
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Traits and Skills7 Keys to Success

• Positive Attitude
• Initiative
• Passion
• Continuous Learning
• Thinking and Analysis
• Communications
• IntegrityHonesty

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1. Positive Attitude

• Aptitude, Attitude,
  and Altitude
• Aptitude is greatbut without a positive
  attitude, you wont reach your potential career
  altitude
• Attitudes influence behavior
• Behavior influences attitude

Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude
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2. Initiative

• Ability to act on your ownthe ability to take
  action, complete tasks and make decisions without
  the help or advice of other people. Taking an
  introductory (first) step.
• Types of people
• People who do without being told
• People who do when told
• People who do when told more than once
• People who dont do, even when told more than
  once
• Which kind of person do YOU want to be?
• Why dont some people take initiative?

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3. Passion

• If you have a passion for something, you love
  doing it.
• Passion is boundless enthusiasm
• Good teachers have a passion for teaching
• Good students have a passion for learning
• If you want to be good at something, you have to
  do it with passion
• Passion creates excitement, it makes people
  around you better
• Something you would do for no or little money
• I cant believe they are paying me for this
• Do YOU have passion?
• What are YOU passionate about?
• How will I (others) know?

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4. Continuous Learning

• In today's rapidly changing economy, the key to
  success is not what you know, but how fast you
  can learn.

• How can you tell if someone is a good and fast
  learner?
• Show curiosity by asking lots of questionsWhat,
  Where, When, Why, How?
• Other behaviors?

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5. Thinking Analytical Skills

• Your ability to apply analytical and logical
  thinking to gather and analyze information, find
  the root cause of a problem, design and test
  solutions to problems, evaluate alternative
  courses of actions and formulate plans.
• Analytical Processes and Patterns
• Situational AppraisalWhere am I?
• Problem SolvingLooking Back and Finding Cause
• Decision MakingPresent Day and Choosing Among
  Alternatives
• Risk Analysis and ForecastingFuture Focus and
  Planning

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6. Communication SkillsWestern Style

• Effective Communicationsthe ability to send
  (communicate) a message through a specific medium
  so that it is received and acted upon in the way
  that you intended.
• Face-to-Face
• Phone (virtual)
• E-mail
• Western Style Communication Expectations
• Dont say yes or OK if you dont really
  understand what the other side saying.
• Please be brave and express concerns if you dont
  think you can meet your managers timetable for
  completion of a task. By keeping silent, it means
  you agree or are committed to the task, hence
  your manager is expecting it to get done.
• Inform your direct manager the bad news at the
  time point, dont hide issues. Telling bad news
  is more important than telling good news.

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7. Demonstrating Integrity

• Is doing what you say you are going to do
• Is being respectful of others
• Is being honest, real, genuine and authentic
• Instills mutual trust and confidence
• Creates a culture that fosters high standards of
  ethical behavior
• Creates a culture of openness, reliability, and
  candor
• It is the key element in establishing your
  credibility
• It is the fundamental building block in
  developing strong relationships

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Questions?
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About Perficient
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• Perficient is a leading information technology
  consulting firm serving clients throughout the
  United States.
• We help clients implement business-driven
  technology solutions that
• Integrate business processes
• Improve worker productivity
• Increase customer loyalty and
• Create a more agile enterprise
• to better respond to new business
  opportunities.

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Perficient Profile

• A leading technology management consulting firm
  in U.S.
• Six Tier-One partners IBM, Microsoft, TIBCO,
  Documentum, Oracle-Siebel and webMethods
• Largest TIBCO, IBM WebSphere and Documentum
  practices in central U.S.
• Startup to 240 million run rate in 8 years
• Consistently profitable and operating margins
  lead peers
• Addressing high-growth multi-billion market
• Differentiated positioning
• Global 2000 client base with 80 repeat business
  rate

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Selected Clients By Industry
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About Perficient
Locations in 17 Cities in North America
Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fairfax, Houston,
Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New Orleans,
Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis
(Operational HQ), Toronto and Offshore
Development Centers in Macedonia and China Total
headcount of 1400
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Brief History of the Hangzhou GDC

• Center opened in 2004. Deliberate and
  disciplined employee growth.
• CMMI Level 4 Certification, Level 5 expected in
  March 2008.
• One of the first in the world to receive CMMI
  certification for an agile methodology
• 105 employees and growingexpect to double size
  in 2008.
• Moved to a new and larger office facility in
  July, 2007.
• Java/J2EE .NET BEA Web applications Siebel,
  Savvion, Integration Testing

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The Hangzhou GDC Difference

• Strong local cultureopen management style, work
  hard and deliver, but have fun and seek balance
• Strong English language community and commitment
• Opportunities to travel to US for short-term and
  long-term assignments
• Disciplined, iterative development methodologies
  including agile delivery
• Senior on-shore technical leadership/coaching
• Blended and collaborative teamsboth on-shore and
  off-shore
• Varied career paths opportunities in different
  industries and technologies