In any endeavor involving more than 5 people there will be some who "manage" and some who actually do the work. If you are a "worker" who is ambitious to be a "manager" your work will be influenced by your ambition. You will always have in the back of your mind the ways your actions reflect on your ambition. In today's world promotions rarely follow real job performance. People are promoted based on perceptions of value and not on actual work. The person who is honest about his abilities, honest about his mistakes, quietly diligent in his work and accepting of the limitations of others will rarely be noticed when promotions are available. If you ambition requires promotions for personal satisfaction you will never be successful by simply being good at what you do. If personal satisfaction is satisfied by doing the best job you can, you might as well give up on advancement beyond the worker level.
There is a type of personal activity often embraced by ambitious people. As a worker you can expect to become a victim of this action. I describe it as: "If you cannot make yourself look good make everyone around you look bad." Maintain a thick skin and be sure you have records of your performance or an experienced practitioner of this approach can easily put your job in jeopardy as wells as cause you tremendous personal emotional pain. Another cliche: CYA!
Respond please
D. Page
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment