January 2021
equal opportunity employment journal
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GREAT EMPLOYEE QUALITIES: Do You Have Them?
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re great employee qualities fast disappearing in the workforce? If it is then you should quickly see if you can adapt some of these and make yourself competitive. Some great employee qualities that bosses appreciate include:
3. Managerial Attitude
Even if you are in the lower rung, make sure you have a managerial attitude. This is one of the important great employee qualities. Behave like a manager and see to it that things are done the way they are supposed to be done. Manage expectations of everyone in 1. Managing Yourself Manage yourself by knowing your roles and the team from the boss to colleagues and peers responsibilities in your company. In addition, within the department. Stick to time lines; learn to know what it takes to go a step beyond follow up with next steps after every meeting, what your current role entails. Know what have progress reports ready even if they are makes you a competitive advantage to your informal ones like an email. boss. How do you improve yourself? Do you 4. Managing Your Time know your key strengths you can play up? Prioritize your work and manage your time Weaknesses you should seek to lessen via well. Know when to do what. Do not procrastitraining or even self learning? nate on work especially when they involve cross department participation. Your delay will affect 2. Managing Your Boss Perhaps one of the more important great other people's work. Great employees know employee qualities is being able to manage your how to manage their time well and even manage boss. That does not mean to suck up to him. their boss's time well. It means knowing his likes and dislikes, and 5. Outdo Yourself how he works. For example, does he like to be Great employees have the stamina and set the updated via email which means he is perhaps a pace for others to follow. If you want to be great very visual based person versus being updated at what you do and be appreciated by the boss, verbally which means he is perhaps more audi- look for ways to outdo yourself. Be the best that tory?. Learn how to break bad news to him, you can be. Even if perfection is elusive, go out prepare him for meetings and the unexpected. and get it. Even if you fall short of perfection, You will soon become a key competitive advan- your near perfect would have pushed you furtage in his team. ther than you would have thought possible.
6. Strive For Excellence
In everything you do, strive to be the best you can be. Take the initiative to ensure that things are going right and make sure that the details are tied down. Spend time doing what everyone else takes for granted.
7. Contribute Positively
A great employee takes personal responsibility for everything they do. To be a great employee you must contribute positively to the organization. Take initiatives, give suggestions, or even be the silent hero who solves challenges quietly, that is how a great employee works. They work to help achieve greater goals for the organization.
8. Work Relationships
Being nice to people and have great working relationships across departments and ranks is one of the important great employee qualities. It means you can get a lot more cooperation and strong network to help you get your work done. Do you have these great employee qualities? Perhaps you already have them and what you need is a plan to bring them to be noticed. If you don’t, start to see which of these qualities you can adopt and start on first. It will help you move up the corporate ladder a little easier. Article provided by Long Yun Siang www.career-success-for-newbies.com
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