Performing at work place or at any place has its own benefits. Apart from helping you grow professionally and being admired for your consistent efforts and proactive attitude, it also helps you make your opinion matter, suggestions implemented and respect restored even after few mistakes that you happen to do by accident or may be as a habit.
Focusing on your work and delivering value through your actions creates a shield of respect and credibility around you which may protect you from worry-situations that may stand perilous for non-performers.
A go-getter also holds the freedom to ask for some extra-benefits (just in case you want a reward for your hard-work) which may not be the case with the employees who expect more but deliver less. As a personal experience, I tend to be a little lenient towards an employee who comes late (once in a while) because I know that he is the same person who would stay late in the office to finish off a project without cribbing. That’s the shield which I just talked about above.
There is also a flip side to this issue. I have seen certain performing people switch to being lenient and exploit their freedom and stature. That hurts and actually leaves employers in a dilemma of whether or not to keep good performers in the ‘advantage circle’. Though equal treatment is the answer to this dilemma, you always want to inspire the non-performer by rewarding the doer. This creates a competitive environment which is in one way much required to shape the employee’s professional career proficiently.
However, no matter in which profession you are, your performance can make you stand out and enhance the pace of your progress compared to others. A chai wala, if is dedicated to his responsibilities and does a little bit extra than his assigned work (everyone know one such person in life), can help him come in notice and be assigned a greater responsibility and thus a higher status. Same is with any position you are in.
There are so many things which you realize once you have switched your position from being an employee to an employer. I wish I had known most of them when I was an employee. I would definitely have delivered more, added more value and created a better Me out of MYSELF.
Here are some key take-outs:
- Be a performer, go-getter, self-starter!
- Don’t wait but jump into.
- Once in a while try wearing the shoes of your boss – not literally. The size may be different ;).
- Believe in Team work and help out each other. This can be carried out even in a competitive environment.
- Get inspired by a reward given to others. That’s what they are meant for. Not to make you feel jealous.
- Keep a positive attitude – most misused advice but the most important one.
- Respect the reward which you have received (movie-tickets, chocolates, bonus and nice behaviour by your boss) – don’t laugh at it and take it as – ‘He is doing this because he needs me’. Remember everyone has a replacement.
- Don’t Demand unless you Deliver.
- Deliver and of course DEMAND. 🙂
- Be happy at work. It’s so so important for you, for the team you are in and for that untiring boss who wants to see his/her employees happy at his office at any cost.
- Be understanding to certain situations.
- Last but not the least – BE A LEARNER. A ‘Performer’ and a ‘Learner’ is of the same value. One is using his abilities to do things better. While the latter is learning things to make sure he does things better.
Wrapping up for now. Will meet in another post with different set of views.
Thanks for the read.