5 lessons RB has taught me

Thinking over my career development at RB, I caught myself thinking how the company has helped me change some of my weak points and I wanted to share them here on this, the official Reckitt Benckiser blog!

1.  Confidence in my opinion – I remember trembling before my first calling to the supplier – now it is funny, but then I was preparing for this call for 10-20 minutes discussing the matter with myself. Now it’s not a problem for me – I can argue if I know I’m right.

2. Getting straight to the point – You ought to see the way I was writing letters! It wasn’t a letter – it was a detailed composition explaining what should be done. The reader forgot about the beginning by the end of my long narration. Now I know the easiest way to get information from a person I need. My letters became much shorter but clear.

3. Asking when I don’t know – Now I understand that if I don’t know anything in detail there is always someone in RB who knows it and is ready to explain me the specific character of the matter and to help me with advice. It is not a shame to show you don’t know something. The one of main rules in RB: it is better to ask then to make a mistake. You know there is no person in the world who knows everything and doesn’t make mistakes!

4.  Experience – I’m not going to tell you about how many new things I know owning to the point 3 . I just say that it is also a plus for my self-development.

5.  Taking the initiative to learn new things – Now I understand that any position at any company requires one important thing – ability to work with information. That means – you should find the way how to learn something needed; where to look for it; whom to ask; not be afraid to ask; think logically…

If you understand that all the above-mentioned is not a big problem for you – you have a great opportunity for a career at Reckitt Benckiser!

Now… I wonder how my career path will move?