Many articles have been written about criticizing bad employers and offering tips how they can do better.
There are certainly good and bad employers out there just like there are good and bad employees to balance out the equation of the eternal give and take of work life.
But are you being the best employee you can be and positioning yourself for greater rewards within your business organization?
You see, it takes two to tango in the business world – employees and business owners/managers.
That fact is never going away – so it’s in your best interests to successfully navigate this reality.
Very rarely is life and business a one way street where we operate without the interactive flow of others who may come from multiple directions, points of view and various levels of authority.
So let’s talk about how you can increase your value as an employee which in turn will improve your earnings, status and open the door for unlimited opportunity if you are willing to change your habits.
Top Employee Traits Business Owners And Managers Value
1. Can Prioritize Work
2. Positive Attitude
3. Punctuality
4. Preparation Skills
5. Team Work – Make Sure To Play Well With Others
6. Organizational Skills
7. Follow-Up Skills – Be Persistent In Getting Things Done
8. Communication Skills – Keeping People Informed
9. Able To Adapt To Change
10. Be LIKABLE
11. Cultivate Relevant Skill Sets
12. Be Productive Instead Of Projecting A State Of Haphazard Activity/Busyness
13. Take Responsibility – Own Your Actions
14. Be A Problem Solver – Not A Problem Pusher
15. Be Trainable In Attitude And Aptitude
16. Maintain Consistency In Your Efforts And Performance
17. Strategic Thinker
18. LOYALTY
Take a hard look in the mirror and admit where you can improve as an employee – Then make changes and start demonstrating how valuable you are to your organization or future organization.
Here’s the reality – Most people are employees, not legit business owners in this country.
Few people will put the effort, risk and sacrifice into operating a business and taking on the responsibility of providing financially for employees and by extension the family’s of employees.
So if you decide to be an employee (and the overwhelming majority of folks do,) why not strive to be the most solid, sought after employee you can be and write your own career ticket?
Good employers will want to keep you around, reward you and treat you well.
Look around – It really doesn’t take a supreme effort to distinguish yourself from the average disengaged employee in most organizations.
Practice and demonstrate the traits on this list and you will position yourself for upward mobility and greater rewards in the work place.
A valuable employee will usually get their pick of choice employment and rewards. An average or “do the bare minimum” type of employee will almost always be the most expendable in an organization and be rewarded the least.
This is how it works in the real world regardless if your value system thinks it fair or not.
So learn the rules of the employment landscape, practice them and flourish or ignore them and stay stagnant, flounder and collect meager rewards at best.
And remember, a lot of these traits listed above have to do with character.
And yes- character still counts in this day and age – at least with me.
I don’t hire or associate with anybody in my personal life who does not demonstrate character
That’s how important this successful life trait is in and out of the work place
Everybody is capable of taking charge of their career, creating their own luck and captaining their own destiny – you just have to want it bad enough!
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I’m Mark Mellohusky
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