Want to know how you can maximise every opportunity in your current role and get yourself out of a rut? To follow are 3 tips to help you feel energised and actually want to go to work in the morning.

Tip 1: Change Your Environment

Take some time to review where you sit at work.  You may need to do this in the weekend when there is no one else around to disturb you.

Stand back from your desk, cubicle or office space and look around you.

Take in what you see, hear and feel.  What are you noticing?  Are these positive or negative responses? 

Now ask yourself "what can I do about this?"

Some simple suggestions are:

• add a plant to remind you of the outdoors
• do the filing that has been there for 3 months
• add a photo of a loved one to stay connected
• clean the food, coffee stains and dust from your desk
• empty your paper recycling tray
• prone to gossiping - look at the seating plan for your team, can you be moved away from sitting in a high traffice zones like the kitchen, photocopier etc where people can easily stop by
• send the boxes under your desk off to the archives
• add some colour - find a piece of coloured A4 paper in the stationery cupboard and stick it to your window or cubicle wall

Tip 2: Review Your Job Description

If you have been in your role for at least 12 months and are feeling like the challenge has gone or are bored speak with your manager about what they can do to add more substance to your job description.

This may not be possible in the formal sense as HR may say the job description is generic to your role across the organisation.  However, you can add objectives into your personal development plan.

Take some time to re-read your job description.  Ask yourself the following questions:

• Are you doing everything in there?
• What is your capability level for each task and competency? 
• Are there areas where you can improve?
• What can you do to upskill yourself?

Tip 3: Take On Extra Responsibility

Show you are ready to take on more responsibility. Stop complaining you are bored or never get the 'cool stuff' to do.

Put your hand up when:

• people are needed on projects
• there are secondment opportunities to cover leave
• they look for a first aider or health and safety warden
• the social club are looking for people to help out
• they ask for people to mentor new staff
• your manager is going on leave
• you see or sense that your colleagues are overwhelmed with work
• you have a great idea to save the organisation money or increase its profile

About the author

With Tracy you can be sure that your career goals, whether you're changing jobs mid career or later in life, will be met with a customised career coaching programme. Coaching opens the mind to alternatives, new thinking, solutions and different ways of approaching situations. It is also a time of reflection, self-evaluation and big picture thinking.