Friday, August 03, 2007

Winning Strategies for Loser Projects

It's unavoidable: Projects appear that no one wants to tackle. Some of them are bound to end up in your lap, and when they do you might as well take them on cheerfully. If nothing else, your attitude may get you noticed.

Particularly if it's early in your career or if you're new to a firm, you shouldn't "balk at taking on dues-paying tasks," says Lise Flores-Reed, an organizational psychologist at Arizona-based WorldatWork, an association for human resources professionals. "You can act like you're serving time or act like you're developing skills. That's the individual's choice to make."

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