Your career choice is extremely important, however, your
actions affect the employer so be careful how you think
about leaving your present employer.
Maybe you have made a bad choice of career and want to
change. Fine! Just don't take it out on fellow employees by
laying out sick or taking excessive time off. Be
responsible whatever the job today.
Everyone in your future will want to know about your past
performance, so be very careful how you take action or one
day it will hit you in the backside without mercy.
How important is your job to the team? Will you be highly
missed? Not much? Glad to see you go?
Most of us never think about who we'd miss.... UNTIL there
is a sudden change in things NOT getting done in the office
or the plant.
Well, when you stop to think about it..... there are more
folks than we realize who we depend on everyday of the
week. I know, the first one we think about is the PAYROLL
clerk who writes our weekly paycheck. Then there are others
that quickly come to mind.... the coffee maker; the mail
clerk; the UPS guy/gal or FEDx person; the cleaning crew
and more. A BIG WOW!!
Missing persons never cross your mind before it affects our
routine. Suddenly someone hollers out with who's going to
make the coffee this morning? Where's the payroll clerk?
One of the biggest challenges comes when no one emptied the
trash cans over night. Usually, we just expect it to get
down without a thought.
Why is it important for EVERYONE to do their job
efficiently? It's like your sparkplugs misfiring when you
crank up the car, right? Just ONE dead plug and we all know
something is wrong immediately. None of us like the
inconvenience and challenge of poor performance with our
cars or a team-mate.
Ask the question of yourself. Who would be affected in
their daily routine if YOU failed to be on the job when
expected? Are you important to the smooth running of your
office; department; plant or wherever you accept a paycheck
today? Probably very important or your "pink" slip is
coming soon.
How about the CEO? Yes, he or she is very important to the
success of your firm. However, unless you are on the
executive floor of the firm it's unlikely that his/her
performance will affect your daily routine.
Their job is to THINK and SEARCH for ways to build and grow
the business. Maybe even BUY competitors for market share
and value to your stockholders and most probably you and
fellow employees too.
Recently, we read about Microsoft bidding for Yahoo to the
tune of $44+ billion dollars. Hopefully, it will be a "good
deal" for all stockholders and the employees of both firms
involved.
Before you complain or quit without notice.... it's a good
idea to realize you and every employee has value to your
personal success just as YOU have value and worth to their
success as fellow team-players.
ACTIONTIP: Before YOU take a sick day or begin your
vacation or give up the ghost..... think about how it will
affect the smooth running of your team. Did you make
arrangements so your job will be covered? Is your
Supervisor informed and ready for your absence? Be
responsible and take action as a leader. One day you may be
the Supervisor or even the CEO or COO.... a move up to the
TOP floor begins now!
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Don Monteith spent 32 years as co-owner of several
franchises and a personnel/staffing business. Every year,
his firm placed hundreds of job candidates in their dream
job. Today, Don shares his business and career expertise.
http://www.HowToGetYourDreamJob.com
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