How do you ensure that you are doing your job in the best possible way?

Answer 1

Ask you boss to a meeting.

Start the meeting off by saying how much you love the job and the company and that you are curious if there is anything you can do differently, or better, to help the company.

Doing a job in the "best possible way", means to do the job your boss wants you to do. Maintain open communication and make sure he can feel comfortable coming to you with constructive criticism.

Answer 2

My personal approach is to be customer focused. I know who my customer is, then focus on meeting their needs (this doesn't always make the boss happy, but it makes me happy).

I like to get as much direct feedback as possible from the customer. Find out what they are thinking or need and work over time to change what I do to meet those needs.

If you don't have a customer base, or your customer is ill defined, such as when you work inside a company, then you have to be more careful.

Imagine you are an accountant, who is your customer base. Basically everyone who deals directly with you. If you send reports to different departments, are those reports useful to the people that see them. Are the deperments getting the information they need. Maybe you need to train them to understand what you are giving them, or modify the report in some way.

Answer 3

By the color of your nose.
Clean and shiny = not very likely to receive a promotion.

Brown and stinky...Very good! You'll get the big cubicle maybe even in the corner!

Answer 4

get trained. then measure your performance by setting realistic goals. read up info on your job sector. find out how others are doing your job.