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Make Yourself A More Valuable Employee
In these days of tough competition, organisations are no longer bothered with the average employee but are fighting to retain those that bring the maximum value to the organisation. Here are some ways in which you can improve your value and become an employee your boss would loathe to part with.
Go the extra mile
As a high school kid, Michael Dell had a summer job selling newspapers. There were umpteen other high schoolers doing exactly the same job, and Dell could have resigned himself to eking out a few dollars as commission, just like the rest of the other kids. But Dell was not the kind of person to be deterred so easily. He went to the city registry and painstakingly wrote down the mailing addresses of all new residents to the town. A man of enterprise that he was, Dell sent out nicely worded letters of welcome to these newcomers and solicited their newspaper subscriptions. He was flooded with subscriptions, and before the summer wore out, he went on to make a small fortune running into several thousand dollars in newspaper commissions.
There are no shortcuts to the top, and you have to be willing to work hard and go the extra mile if you want to succeed. If that means coming in early, staying late, working hard and working on your skills, you have to do it with a positive attitude and enthusiasm. Sooner or later, your efforts will be noticed and rewarded.
Be positive
No one likes being around a negative person. Positive thoughts engender success. With a positive attitude, you are more likely to work harder, and less likely to give up easily. Positive people have an easier time soliciting help and building relationships with others, leading to greater success at work and at home. So cultivate a positive attitude, and you will have much to cheer about!
Make your value be noticed
Raise your profile at work. If you have done a good job, you have every reason to be proud of it. Understand the value that you are delivering to the organisation and give yourself credit when you deserve it. Remember bosses are busy people, and you may sometimes have to speak up for yourself and make your value clearly visible in order that your worth be recognised and appreciated.
Any sound relationship is almost invariably based on the premise of mutual exchange of value- be it physical or emotional.
A person who is considered valuable by someone has the capacity to provide that someone with what he or she wants or needs. This is true of all successful relationships, business dealings and personal interactions.
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BINDU SRIDHAR
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