How To Become a STAR Employee ?
July 11, 2009
Everybody wants to succeed in life and at work. Most people work very hard. And yet, the reality is that most employees stay as AVERAGE employees and don’t make it to the top. In other words, they are not STARS.
Why ? What can you do to change from an average employee to become a STAR employee ?
Here are some practical tips :
1. First, realize that it’s all a matter of PERSPECTIVE and THINKING.
- It has nothing to do with talent because we see many talented people who do not succeed at work nor in life
- It has nothing to do with educational level because we also know many graduates, masters degree holders, doctorates, professors who don’t make it to the top.
- It has nothing to do with being the son of the boss because we see many rich man’s children who are not respected by their sub-ordinates.
The most important factor they way of THINKING. Change your thinking and you’ll change your life.
2. Average workers do as they are told. Their manager tells them to do something, and they’ll do it as best as they can. They manager asks them to get the report done by Thursday, and they complete the report by Thursday. They do as they are told. That’s average. That’s why many hardworking, loyal and honest employees are still categorized as average - because they do as they are told.
On the other hand, STARS do BEFORE they are told. They ANTICIPATE what their managers will need and do the work BEFORE they are asked to do the work. They are PRO-ACTIVE and they are prepared to GIVE MORE that they are expected to give. That’s why people appreciate them and consider them to be STARS. They go BEYOND the standard expectations.
3. WHY should an employee want to do MORE than is expected and to make all the extra effort to ANTICIPATE people”s needs and do BEFORE they are asked to do ? Why go through all that trouble ? The reason is that STARS have a stronger sense of purpose. They have clear goals. They want to go far in life, therefore they do EXTRA. On the other hand, most average employees just look forward to the next pay check. STARS have a different MOTIVATION than the Average workers.
4. STARS are always looking for positive opportunities to progress. They realise that one of the opportunities is to take on additional projects / tasks such as :
- Being asked to be in charge of the company newsletter,
- Being asked to co-ordinate the company’s renovation
- Being asked to co-ordinate the company’s move to another location
- Being ask to be overall in-charge of company exhibition
- Being asked to handle the press conference, etc
These are all extra work which requires extra effort, extra thinking, working extra time and the inconvenience of coordinating with colleagues — without extra compensation !! The Average employee will consider these as unnecessary and inconvenient and will tend to turn down these “extra work with no extra pay”. But the Star employee realizes that these are all opportunities to display their extra ability and to impress management. As a result of this , the STAR employee moves ahead.
Remember that in the office, opportunities to shine and show your abilities to management are often disguised as “extra work with no extra pay”.
These are some of the differences between the Average employee and the Star employee.
You will learn VERY MANY MORE practical ideas. You and your team will be TRULY MOTIVATED to become STAR employees.
For more information about James Gwee’s Power Seminar Series “How To Become a POSITIVE, PRO-ACTIVE and ENERGETIC Employee for Your Company, it will be held on 29 July 2009 at Hotel Novotel Mangga Dua, 0900-1600, sms to 081511001610, phn 021-6011121
Hurry - places are filling up very fast !!
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