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ENTSOG Takeaways
RENÉ DÖRING
Secondee from Ontras, Germany
I think the biggest skill I gained through
my secondment is self-organisation.
The daily work with different colleagues from all over the European
continent brings a lot of fresh ideas and useful inputs (including their
habits :-) ) and hence creates a multilateral working environment where
it is important “to keep cool” and focus on the
things that are really important. To avoid losing
yourself in all the issues and to deliver on time,
it is essential to have your own internal sched-
ule. This is a basic requirement and helps you
to survive in your personal working environ-
ment.
But my time at ENTSOG also taught me the
sense of good and open discussions and that
feedback is indispensable. To get the support
and to finalise your tasks, it is essential to
involve all concerned parties and to discuss
every step with them. Transparent and efficient
work is half of the deliverable and helps you to
achieve your goals. On the contrary, having
good discussions also means keeping the
respective deadlines in mind and being able to
decide whether to follow the discussion further or to move along with the
process. So to steer the overall process and reach the ‘port’, you have
to be a ‘brave captain’ from time to time and develop your own way of
doing things.
At ENTSOG, we view secondment as a significant step in the career and
personal development of each person as it offers not only an opportunity to build
a platform of European Energy but also a very international job environment.
As you can see in the statements of former colleagues, working in Brussels is
seen as challenging and rewarding at the same time. We shall continue to work
with our member TSOs to ensure that ENTSOG can maintain and develop this
way of ensuring a constructive interaction between the TSO business aspects
and European regulatory development of the gas infrastructure.
My time at ENTSOG
also taught me the
sense of good and
open discussions
and that feedback is
indispensable.
René Döring
Adviser, System Development
from 2013 to 2015
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