Speaker 1: Have you ever struggled with introducing yourself to a brand new team? Well, in this video, I'm going to show you how to introduce yourself at work with confidence. And if you stay tuned to the end of this video, I'm going to tell you how to get your 21 day to hitting productivity out of the park. For tips on accelerating your professional career, subscribe to my channel, hit that bell button, and I will bring to you a new video every Wednesday. Hi, I'm Adriana Gerdler, a productivity expert with over 20 years in the biz, helping teams achieve their goals. As a lead on many project teams, I have mastered self-introduction and I'm going to share with you some of my tried and true techniques and strategies that will allow you to give an excellent first impression at your new job or with your new colleagues. Go first, introduce yourself. Don't hang back. If you're new to the job, really go around and introduce yourself. It's a great way to meet people. Having that one-on-one connection is so important. And the good news is too, there probably was an introductory email that you can go to the to-list to see who you really should be talking to since they're the ones you're probably going to be working with. Now, on a side note, with that email, respond back. Say that you're so happy to be there that you can't wait to meet them in person and how exciting it is that you're starting to work in this job or with this brand new team. Perfect the intro. So even though it's a really good idea to focus on the other person by asking questions and more importantly listening to the answers, you really want to be prepared with the question that you're probably going to get asked. Tell me a little bit about yourself. So that can be an amazing opportunity to set up the first impression that people have about you. So think about it. Take a moment. What is it that you want to portray to other people? Think about your skills, your talents, the training that you did, and sum it up very quickly so in 30 seconds you can just let them know here are some highlights about me. You can even add in some hobbies too because again we want to go on that personal note. You're a person. You're here. How exciting. And maybe there's some commonality. Winning over a team can sometimes be hard. Let me know if you're on this new journey. Please put in the comments below. Body language. Use open body language. Shake someone's hand. It's really important not only about what you say but about how you present yourself. One of the things that we do when we're new is sometimes we do close ourselves off by crossing our hands. We do that as a protection mechanism because we're still unsure. So really try to keep your arms open off to your side. Shake that hand. Look at people in the eye and really have that openness that I'm here to listen. I'm with you. It does make a huge difference. The close. Always end your introduction on a positive note and one of the quickest ways to have connectivity with your other person is to give them a sincere compliment or to ask them for their advice. You're new and it's going to help you too to get that information. Now that you know how to introduce yourself like a pro it's time to take a look at your productivity and I have something really cool for you. A download 21 days to getting shit done at work that really is going to help and skyrocket your career. Check it out by grabbing the link below. Please subscribe to my channel. Give this video a thumbs up and share it with all the professionals you know. Now if you feel more confident with introducing yourself please introduce yourself in the comments below. I would love to hear from you.