Do not you agree with this characteristic? It remains one thing - to show initiative, while refuting the popular opinion about its indispensable punishment.
You know a good valuable idea, where and when to express it you need to think through and draw up a plan of action. The boss's office is not a place where you can express your ideas aloud. So every word you say can be used against you. In other words, if your boss seems to be valuable to the boss, it will be up to you to take on the implementation of it. Therefore, if you have not had time to think carefully about how to make a fairy tale happen, do not rush to express your thoughts aloud. You only in that case will remain in the absolute win, if your initiative is supported by a concrete plan of action, which you can immediately describe to the boss.
Any project is based not only on your genius, but on the support of like-minded people. If you, as a specialist in the development of advertising campaigns, want to offer the boss a good valuable idea of where and when to express it you came up, it is better to get the support of the financial department in advance. Even with the condition that you will have to live alone in a proud new life, this will affect the work of other employees. Therefore, it will be nice if someone on the next "flyout" speaks out in support of your idea. So you will be able to demonstrate not only the seriousness of your intentions, but also certain leadership qualities. For you it will be a very valuable bonus.
Find the addressee for your words. Even a good valuable idea will lose its value if you "put it in the wrong ears". The main principle here - without any intermediaries! The mediator may misunderstand your idea and present it to the final addressee in a distorted form. In addition, remember - any person has his own opinion, and your initiative for some reason may not appeal to the person to whom you are expounding it. In this case, without having, in fact, his powers, he will give you a "red color", although the one who depends on the final decision-making could well give a "green". The addressee should be the one whose competence is the solution of the issues that you raise. When you have a good idea in your head, then wait for the right situation to share your plans with the boss. But you must remember that you do not need to rush to him with offers as soon as you see him in the office corridor. Know that haste in such matters is not the best assistant.
Postpone until the revolution. Of course, you remember that they do not climb into a strange monastery with their own charter. Therefore, your proposal or your valuable idea should not be out of the general concept of the company's work. At least, at least at first. If your diary says "to make a big revolution" in the company, rather you will be able to do it with the help of small, step-by-step changes. Your innovations should not cause a sharp rejection from the immediate superiors. Otherwise, irreconcilable disagreements with the leadership may be the reason for your already being rejected from the just-grown place. You must remember that the initiative does not always happen, is punishable, as usually expressed, the initiative is often encouraged.