What would have to change for me to be happy at work?

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1. Location determination

I can look at my situation at work from different aspects and questions.

• Am I (still) in the right place where I am now?

• Am I satisfied in my job?

• What has changed compared to the situation when I first joined the company?

• Are my knowledge, my experience, my potential (still) needed here?

2. Change

The more precisely I recognize a problem, the more concretely I can work on the solution.

• What would have to change for me to be happy at work?

• Why is it that I am (no longer) motivated to do my job every day?

• What do I need to be able to develop further?

3. New or old goals?

I can only arrive if I know my destination.

• What goal have I set for this new year?

• How can I achieve this goal?

• Do I need support for this?

4. Learn from mistakes, make successes visible, share ideas

No false modesty.

Become visible, share ideas and get ahead.

• Have I created a success journal in which I record my successes as well as lessons learned from mistakes and thus make my development steps comprehensible and tangible?

• What challenges have I mastered in the last year and what insights will I take with me for the new year?

• What did I learn from projects or tasks that didn't go so well?

• Will I get more involved in meetings in the future and will I dare to share and promote ideas?

5. Networks

A supporting network creates connections and promotes ideas and exchange.

• Am I networked with colleagues in the company beyond my department?

• Which networks outside my company can and would I like to join?

• Where can I make my expertise visible and provide support (e.g. social media, business networks)?

6. Resolve old conflicts

Leave the past year behind and start the new year tidily.

• Do I want to take the start of the New Year as an opportunity to finally settle the old conflict with my colleague?

• Do I want to tackle and solve the conflicts in my private environment that are burdening me in carrying out my work?

• Should I seek support for this if necessary?

7. Appointment with the boss

At the beginning of the year, with renewed determination, we finally arrange a meeting with our supervisor and set sail for our own development.

• Do I finally want to arrange a salary interview or do I keep putting it off?

• Have I thought about why I deserve a raise?

• Can I derive what (added) value I have actually provided in my area of ​​activity/for my department/for the company?

• Do I want to take on new or different tasks?

• Do I want to develop further in the company, take on more responsibility?

• Do I wish for more or different perspectives?

• Do I want to further my professional development?

• Can I imagine a (different) management position?

I wish you that you can go your own way and live as far as possible in accordance with your values ​​and needs, that you can unfold your full potential and develop further - if you want to.

Here's to a happy, healthy and satisfying 2023!