So what are the qualities of a great employee?

How does an employee hit the sweet spot with co-workers?

How to impress the boss?

Is there any fun involved, while striving to be that EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEE?

I say YES!

When it comes to striking a rapport with the co-workers or creating the right impression for the boss, there are some very unusual yet easy to develop traits one can look out for! In my view, there are certain traits that all the high-performing employees should strive for in their work, like being self-directed, productive and a team player.

Yet, over the years, I have discovered a few decidedly out-of-the-box job attributes that can help take a person’s job performance from good to remarkably great. The adjustments are small but they might just make you stand out from the crowd at work, and help make your boss’ life easier, which is undoubtedly a posotive thing. And trust me, they are so much fun all the way.

The traits are:

Write Short Emails

Well, a three sentenced email to be precised! Yes it is possible. You can always flush out the fluff and keep only the most essential points. It saves your time and it saves the reader’s time. Whenever I get a long email from an employee or a co-worker, I ask myself if things could have been expressed more concisely. It’s great to see that he or she cares enough to have spent the time composing it, but is all the information absolutely essential? Could a few more sentences have been eliminated? Time is often a boss’s most valuable commodity. Rather than sending long emails, save more substantial communication for a phone call or meeting, and practice writing shorter than short emails.

Write Short Emails

Bring Out That OCD in You

For employees looking to take their performance to the next level, there’s a not-so-subtle lesson here. Pay detailed attention to the small stuff, small print and small happenings. Basically, sweat the small stuff! For any business, small glitches can be major disasters waiting to happen. At a company, with hundreds of employees and over a million users, a minor copyright issue, improperly executed email campaign or even what seems like a small technical glitch can end up affecting a lot of clients in a short period of time. An employee who can be trusted to catch such small errors truly begins to stand out among the crowd. You know what I mean here, right? PAY ATTENTION to SMALLEST of the details around you, and strive for perfection in them! Be the OCD if you have to!

Bring Out That OCD in You

Walk Out Of A Meeting (And No I Am Not Out of My Mind!)

I love it when employees walk out of a group meetings. Why? Meetings are, by nature, inefficient. Some agenda items are resolved in minutes while others run on for what seems like forever. Topics that are critical for some group members might be completely irrelevant to others. The solution: Stand up and excuse yourself when you’re no longer gaining value. Bosses would rather have the employees making good use of their time than sitting around politely listening to information they can’t use. Now, not all bosses are going to see things this way. But to the right boss; the productivity seeker who’s always looking for ways to boost efficiency; this tactic can speak volumes.

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Learn To Treat Up The Downers 

Treat the janitor or floor-keeper better than your boss.  Various people sitting at high-level roles in a company, who are personable and courteous to their managers are downright rude to IVth graders in the organisation. The ability to work well with others; not just your boss; but especially those who are in small time roles such as house keeping and pantry, is a skill that’s critical in any role. Bosses, sometimes are constantly assessing how the employees treat co-workers, clients, subordinates and even strangers. Civility, courtesy and genuine caring are the traits bosses often value highly because they lead to a more harmonious, productive team. Leave the ego at the door. Make a rapport with the co-workers and juniors around you.

Learn To Treat Up The Downers

Fail At Something (Yes, It’s Not Bad At All)

There are two types of failure; failure due to incompetence and failure due to ambition. A good boss recognizes the difference between the two and respects employees who fail for the latter reason. I personally have great admiration for people who bite off more than they can chew, who take on projects that may be too big or too ambitious. And I don’t hold it against them should things not turn out as planned. Without risk, after all, it’s hard for any company to move forward. Steve Jobs knew this well. While Apple is revered for the iPhone and MacBook, less remembered are the products that fell totally flat, like the Apple Lisa, the Apple III and the Power Mac G4 cube. A good boss knows that failure and innovation are two sides of the same coin.

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It’s important to keep in mind that while following these suggestions might impress some bosses, not all bosses are made from the same mould. Therefore, these tricks should be applied judiciously; especially if you work in a more conservative or regulated industry.

Having said that, great bosses know that empowered, not fearful, employees are a key to success. Here’s hoping that you’re lucky enough to work at a company that supports people with the courage to take (informed) risks; especially when they have the best interests of the business in mind. That is when your job becomes fun!

Happy working to you!

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“A bad boss can take a good staff and destroy it, causing the best employees to flee and remainder to lose all motivation”!

Yes, this is true! Most bosses tend to manipulate their subordinates, for the reasons more than obvious, and the most prominent one is as simple as that they are THE BOSS!

Yet…

The most successful people master their emotions. Do not get manipulated and carried away.  Doing great work and building relationships helps one to stay calm and in control of their roles in the organisation.

Without a doubt there are a lot of toxic bosses out there. Everyone in the big bad professional world must have faced a few of them. But some of them do exist who genuinely do everything that they can, to help employees and the business grow with no pain.

One of the things to remember here  is that not all difficult bosses are toxic. The managers who challenge us in a positive way are the ones that we learn the most from. Tough situations bring out the best in all of us. Hence, the manipulation you face may not always be in a destructive direction. So it is for you to identify the course.

If you fall into any of these categories, you may tend to take all kinds of criticism and manipulation in a negative light, which you shouldn’t. The categories are:

The Crier

The Sleeper

The Unstable

But if you are out of these categories, chances are you may want to identify your bosses positive manipulation, by going through the following pointers.

Good Bosses Remove Barriers To Connect

To connect with juniors, a good manager would always want to know what makes them tick. He would want to understand employees’ motivations, or what makes them feel the most accomplished. Having regular one on one conversations with the team helps identify the barriers that hold them back from their greatest performance. If your boss is doing that, take it as a constructive step, rather than a manipulative game.

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Good Bosses Set Realistic Goals

If employees do not know where they are going, how will they get there? Encouraging employees to set weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals for themselves, is a characteristic of a good boss and positive manipulation.  A performance oriented boss will review the goals regularly, and will track the progress towards success. If problems arise, he will see them coming beforehand and will invite the employees to work through them together, rather than dictating terms and bringing in the blame games.

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A Good Boss Will Always Push Hard

Sometimes, people get comfortable while under-performing and never reset their own expectations. As their manager, it is a good boss’s job to push them to achieve more. He would go an extra mile to assign them stretch projects that strengthen their skills and help them address areas of weakness. This is certainly not a bad manipulation. It will bring out the best in the employees, only if they see it as a challenge and work in the direction.

To sum it up, I would say that the best managers turn potential into performance. They do this by looking ahead and being a resource and an advocate for each member of the team. They would know the ways to manipulate, but that manipulation will be working constructively towards the growth of the individual and the organisation henceforth.

Toxic managers, of course, run wild and ruin the careers. But sometimes we forget to see the boss who has an edge and is using it to make us better. So, be slow to judge. It might very well be that your boss is smarter than you think. And that wisdom can be used to help make you shine.Learn to identify the good manipulation from bad, and let it become a tool for your personal growth on your career path.

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How is your boss manipulating you?

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