The Traits of a Dedicated Employee
Every business needs highly dedicated employees to function successfully for the long-term.
What is it that makes a dedicated employee so great, and valuable to an employer? Here are three of the most significant traits which are common to the best employees: 1.
The quality of making everyone around them better Dedicated employees are true leaders within the organizations where they work.
They are respected not only for performing their own role well, but also for their ability to make others around them perform their roles better.
Contrast this with average performers, who contribute little to others' successes, or with low performers, who can actually hinder others from performing well (in addition to not doing their own jobs well).
Truly dedicated employees are secure enough to know that the organization's continuing success will provide them with their own success, and if it does not, that they will easily be able to find employment elsewhere.
2.
The ability to consistently get the job done Dedicated employees are those which management can rely on to consistently perform.
Many employees can give great speeches, but performance for these employees is often a different story.
Those employees who let their actions do the talking are rare, and are highly prized.
Dedicated employees only promise what they can deliver, so the occasions when their bosses are disappointed are extremely few and far between.
Not surprisingly, the best businesses also understand this principle, and seek to minimize any disappointment customers may experience when from buying from them.
3.
A willingness to handle the tough, tedious, or other unpleasant tasks Every job has some duties which just have to be done.
These tasks and roles may be difficult, less fun, or completely non-rewarding.
Certainly, the best employees do not like these job requirements any more than other employees.
They simply realize that these tasks have to be performed, and liking them (or not) is completely irrelevant, so long as they get done.
Dedicated employees take on all roles, and complete them well, no matter what their own personal feelings might be with regard to the task being performed.
Thus, employees who make their co-workers better, perform their own jobs well consistently, and show willingness to do the worst tasks in a job are generally the most dedicated.
These employees are rewarded with job security, status, and immense respect from those who work with them, and from those who are fortunate enough to be their managers.
Copyright 2010, by Marc Mays
What is it that makes a dedicated employee so great, and valuable to an employer? Here are three of the most significant traits which are common to the best employees: 1.
The quality of making everyone around them better Dedicated employees are true leaders within the organizations where they work.
They are respected not only for performing their own role well, but also for their ability to make others around them perform their roles better.
Contrast this with average performers, who contribute little to others' successes, or with low performers, who can actually hinder others from performing well (in addition to not doing their own jobs well).
Truly dedicated employees are secure enough to know that the organization's continuing success will provide them with their own success, and if it does not, that they will easily be able to find employment elsewhere.
2.
The ability to consistently get the job done Dedicated employees are those which management can rely on to consistently perform.
Many employees can give great speeches, but performance for these employees is often a different story.
Those employees who let their actions do the talking are rare, and are highly prized.
Dedicated employees only promise what they can deliver, so the occasions when their bosses are disappointed are extremely few and far between.
Not surprisingly, the best businesses also understand this principle, and seek to minimize any disappointment customers may experience when from buying from them.
3.
A willingness to handle the tough, tedious, or other unpleasant tasks Every job has some duties which just have to be done.
These tasks and roles may be difficult, less fun, or completely non-rewarding.
Certainly, the best employees do not like these job requirements any more than other employees.
They simply realize that these tasks have to be performed, and liking them (or not) is completely irrelevant, so long as they get done.
Dedicated employees take on all roles, and complete them well, no matter what their own personal feelings might be with regard to the task being performed.
Thus, employees who make their co-workers better, perform their own jobs well consistently, and show willingness to do the worst tasks in a job are generally the most dedicated.
These employees are rewarded with job security, status, and immense respect from those who work with them, and from those who are fortunate enough to be their managers.
Copyright 2010, by Marc Mays