Leo Weekly Career Tips: Stand Out At Work With These Simple Moves

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Getting The Ball Rolling

Noticed my work contributions were getting lost in the daily chaos about two months back. Felt like just another cog in the machine, honestly. Decided to experiment with tiny tweaks after reading some random career threads during lunch break. First step? Grabbed a cheap notebook from my desk drawer and scribbled three starter moves at 7am before our daily stand-up.

Baby Steps Implementation

Move #1: Vocal Participation

  • Forced myself to speak within first 10 minutes of every meeting
  • Started with simple stuff like “I can take notes today” or “That deadline seems tight – need help?”
  • Fumbled twice when my voice cracked mid-sentence (awkward!)

Move #2: Visibility Boosting

Leo Weekly Career Tips: Stand Out At Work With These Simple Moves

  • Picked one tiny win daily to share in team Slack
  • Examples: “Fixed duplicate entries in the client database” or “Found faster way to generate reports”
  • Got ignored first week – kept doing it anyway

Move #3: Strategic Questions

  • Prepared one “why” question before important calls
  • Asked things like “Why change the pricing model now?” during strategy sessions
  • Boss actually paused and said “Good point Leo” during Q3 planning

Midway Adjustments

After three weeks, noticed my notebook had coffee stains but zero results. Changed tactics:

  • Switched from Slack updates to walking to my manager’s desk twice weekly
  • Short verbal summaries like “Cleared the invoice backlog” with specific numbers
  • Started casually helping new hires with login issues near the breakroom

Surprising Outcomes

Week 6: Project lead suddenly assigned me to present monthly analytics (never happened before!). Practiced for 3 hours in an empty conference room – voice still shaky but got through it.

Week 8: Caught my manager showing our VP something from my updated dashboard design during lunch. Felt like I’d won the lottery when they waved me over to explain it.

Yesterday: Got added to the leadership development program email chain by accident. Manager actually replied “Keep Leo on this – he’s got insights”. Nearly dropped my phone in the toilet.

Final realization? Standing out wasn’t about big moments. It was like brushing teeth – small consistent actions that eventually made people notice when I stopped doing them. Weird how that works.