6 Ways to be Proactive at Work
4. Finish before your deadline
Very few employees make an active decision to finish their work before a given deadline. The reasons for this being that there is no need to. Take ownership of your work and try to finish a given task before a deadline. This will set you in a habit to finish tasks according the time limits you set, not prolong it just because you are given more time. You can impress your manage by investing your extra time in doing something new.
5. Gain extra skills
Every company trains its employees with a certain set of kills that they are likely to use on a daily basis. But you can be called a proactive employee only if you acquire skills that you may not need. This will help you to be prepared for the future. A proactive employee is more interested in acquiring new skills rather than contemplating whether they will be useful or not.
6. Foresee loopholes in advance
One of the important elements of proactive behavior is to foresee problems, loopholes and potential dangers in a situation or a task. Even if you are working on a project which you are not leading, you should have the quality to spot potential loopholes and think of solutions to deal with them. Proactive employees act as if they are responsible for a project, even if they are not leading it.
