Loving Monday: Adding Value In Tough Times
As we get back into the swing of a new week, dare we simply slip back into “same ol’ same ol'”?
We’re in a strange and awful season where employers are almost randomly asking their best and brightest to pack up and go home in order to arbitrarily slash the payroll line item on the budget.
Short-sighted? Leading out of fear? Unfair? Probably.
In a situation where someone else is making a decision that affects you, what can you do to influence that decision?
Add value.
Find ways to add value to your presence on the team. Go the extra mile for a client. Help a co-worker with an important deadline. Find ways to make procedures flow more smoothly, require less duplicate effort, or take less time.
Distinguish yourself from the crowd by being someone who is always improving. Improving yourself, improving your work product and improving the workplace. If and when lay-offs occur, you will be perceived as invaluable.
Instead of increasing your stress about losing your job, I think you’ll find that you become more engaged in what you are doing which reduces stress.
Worst case scenario? You love what you do until even the invaluable must go.
On your side,
- Karl
