Persisting
- Pursue work with energy, drive, and a strong accomplishment orientation
- Persist and expend extra effort to accomplish tasks even when conditions are difficult or deadlines are tight
- Persist at a task or problem despite interruptions, obstacles, or setbacks
Taking initiative
- Go beyond the routine demands of the job
- Seek out new work challenges and increasing the variety and scope of your job
- Seek opportunities to influence events and start activity
- Assist others who have less experience or have heavy workloads
Setting challenging goals
- Establish and maintain personally challenging but realistic work goals
- Exert effort toward task mastery
- Bring issues to closure by pushing forward until a resolution is achieved
Working independently
- Develop your own ways of doing things
- Perform effectively even with minimal direction, support or approval and without direct supervision
- Strive to exceed standards and expectations
- Exhibit confidence in capabilities and an expectation to succeed in future activities