This document provides advice on how to succeed in the corporate world through developing the right attitude, positive habits, and effective personal branding. It outlines key elements of attitude that are important such as being positive, willing to learn, making friends, taking initiative, asking questions, and admitting mistakes. Important habits include cultivating networks, adaptability, seizing opportunities, and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. The document also explains why personal branding is crucial, how to brand oneself through self-reflection, continuous learning, relationship building, and effective marketing strategies and materials.

1. Group Member:
1. Victor Madhan Kanagarajah – 0106428
2. Mujahid Saddam bin Zainal Abidin – 0106324
3. Aeries Chua Xin Jie - 0105967

2. How to SUCCEED
in the First Few Years of
the
Corporate World

3. 3 Elements You Need in Order to
Succeed in Corporate World:
1. Right Attitude
2. Habits
3. Branding

4. 1. Right Attitude

5. What is Attitude
• A way of thinking or feeling, that usually
reflected in a person's behavior.
• Position or posture of the body appropriat
e to or expressive of an action
and emotion.

6. i. The Basic
• Show up to work on time.
• Dress appropriately.
• Be equally nice to everyone.
• Be friendly.
• Less gossip.

7. ii. Be Positive
• Staying positive is the beginning of any good
attitude.
• Negative thinking will only bring a bad
attitude that makes seeing the positives
difficult. And as a result, decrease the ability
to succeed.
• Positive thinking let you see the good things
around and allows you to build off of them,
creating an attitude useful for improvement.

8. iii. Study the
System/Willingness to Learn
• Take notes.
• Don’t be a Mr. Know It All
• Pay attention to everything.
• Watch how your co-workers interact, the
way they work, and how they do it.
• Learn and follow them.

9. iv. Make Friends
• Start with your colleagues
and manager.
• Ask about their role at
the company and how
you can work with them.
• It will help you learn
more about the company
and the operating
system.
• And also the extra
information that you
need for your career.

10. v. Take Part
• When attending meeting, don’t hesitate
to chime in. Join the discussion.
• If you feel that you don't have enough
work, offer to take some off your
manager's or teammates' hands.
• Your boss will see you as a hard worker,
and your colleagues will like you more.
• It is also a part of learning process.

11. vi. Ask Questions
• “Asking questions is not a sign of
weakness, it's a sign of
interest, motivation, attention and
professionalism.” Assume less and ask
more.
• Don’t be shy. No one will blame you for
asking a lot of questions

12. vii. Admits Mistakes
• We can’t run from making mistake. It’s
okay to admit yours.
• Apologize. Admitting your fault is a one
step closer for you to deal with it. It’s also
the first step towards a successful turn-
around.
• Find a practical solution and apply it right
away.

13. viii. Focus
• Know what you want and
concentrate your efforts on
it.
• Focus on your goal and
work towards it. Train your
mind to do what you tell it
to do.
• Staying focus also means
being aware of the tasks
you are currently doing.
• When you focus, you
increase your efficiency and
effectiveness. And as a
result it will minimize your
mistakes.

14. ix. Work Hard
• How badly do you
want it? Are you
willing to work hard
for it?
• Wherever you start,
you need to work
hard.
• Work hard because
someday it will pay
off. You will be
successful.

15. 2. Habits

16. What is Habits
• An acquired pattern of behavior that
occurs subconsciously.
• In the corporate sense, having positive
habits can mean the difference between
success and failure.

17. i. Cultivate Inner Networks
• Building relationships are important to
everyone.
• Source of strength to all people in a
company, from the highest to lowest level
• Having a vast network means that it is easy
to reach many people at once. Information
can be passed quickly to and fro.
• When people trust one another, job efficiency
increases. More productive workforce.

18. ii. Adaptability
• Being able to suit ever-changing
situations in any environment is key to
surviving in this world, especially in the
corporate world.
• Plans always change, even more so in
businesses. It is constantly in motion.
• The most successful people are the ones
that are flexible, and can change
according to how a situation develops.

19. iii. Opportunity Focused
• Seizing opportunities when they arise
(especially in corporate work) shows that
individuals are observant and determined.
• Solving problems, be it technical or staff-
related, are a good way of building
reputation.
• Also encourages team spirit as all involved
will work better towards a common
objective, putting aside differences.

20. iv. Balanced Lifestyle
• Perhaps the most important of all habits.
• Managing personal life well in all aspects
(e.g. time) is essential.
• Affects all other aspects of life.
• How individuals live will be reflected when
at work.
• Habits at home will be carried over to
work (as it is subconscious).

21. 3. Branding

22. What is Branding
• It is an image created
in someone’s mind
• It is both tangible and
intangible
characteristics of a
product (you) that
make you stand out.

23. Why Branding
• It defines who you are – Why
an employer should hire you
• A way of associating great
value with a product(which is
you)
- Getting the employer to see
you as the only solution to
their problem
• Trust is essential in the
corporate world

24. Why Branding
• There have been change in traditional
career path
- people today change careers an average of
8 times during their lives, but branding can
be consistent, for eg: Hard work & creativity
• Ways of communication changes
- interview through electronic media, for eg:
Skype

25. Why Branding
• Makes you
memorable
- If you can get an
employer to
associate positive
traits with your
application or
communication,
you will likely rise
on top.

26. How do you brand yourself
i. Self reflections
You have to identify
the tools you have,
(what is USP (unique
selling point) and start
improving, for eg: -
Good communication
skills with confidence

27. How do you brand yourself
ii. Continuous learning
- It is essential and a
must to BENCHMARK
yourself.
- develop a strategy to
improve your skills so
you can be ahead of
others
- For eg:- attending
conference or
workshops

28. How do you brand yourself
iii. Prepare marketing
strategy
- Create your own mission
statement, it will give you
a direction.
- Mission – What you see
yourself as?
- Vision – How do you get
there?

29. How do you brand yourself
iv. Build relationships
- Keep good connection
with your Networking
(group of people who
exchange information,
contacts for professional
or social purposes)

30. How do you brand yourself
v. Prepare marketing pieces
- Your promotional pieces
such as cover letter,
resume
- Merge your mission into
your promotional pieces
to make yourself
outstanding

31. How do you brand yourself
vi. Develop your pitch
- Dress appropriately and
professionally
- Practices and be
prepared, so you can
perform well
- Incorporate your mission
statement into
conversation

32. How do you brand yourself
vii. Follow up
- Assist in creating a
positive image
- It is very important to
follow up, so that the
employer knows you care
and serious about the job
- For eg:- write thank you
letter after interview,
respond to all requests

33. The End