EQUALITY GUIdE - KU Leuven

230 Equality Guide
! Introduce yourself properly when you participate in meetings and work groups, and
contribute actively. Carefully consider where you want to sit.
! Always focus on the bigger perspective when communicating.
Develop good relationships
! Find out who makes promotion decisions in the organization and develop a good
relationship with them.
! Do not only focus on your work, but also on what happens in your surroundings.
! Establish a good relationship with your boss.
! Work with people who have different core qualities, so that you can learn from
each other.
! Try to put irritations into perspective and learn from them. Conflicts can be beneficial
if you find out what is causing them.
! Do not try to solve the problem on your own or have it solved by someone else but
try to find solutions or alternatives together.
! Be aware that in relationships it is all about ‘giving and taking’.
! Maintain your relationships and networks.
Maximize your communication (skills)
! Take part in courses like sales techniques, media training, presentation skills, conflict
handling, meeting skills ...
! Practise outside your working environment, for example with your partner or
friends.
! Study presentations to make yourself familiar with its contents.
! Always prepare conversations and meetings.
! Exude self-confidence and poise.
! Communication is not only about contents but also about relationships.
Actively plan your career
! Find out who are your allies and your opponents among colleagues and contacts
outside work.
! When you suffer misfortune: try to find out in a positive way what the real reason is
and learn from it.
! Talk to role models and find a mentor.
! Look at alternative professional opportunities and scenarios.
! Consider building a career as a game. Search actively how you can win.
! Find out who is a member of promotion or selection commissions, how the jury
members work, which perception they have of you. If necessary, use intermediaries.
! Make sure you have the support of your partner and your family.
! Make a time line of the past, your current situation and things you want to achieve
in the future.
! Develop networks with the people who play an important role in the further course
of your career.