25.08.09 - Seductive Reasoning Seminar
2 years ago
Sunday, 8 February 2009
high expectations
so i.ve come to the end of my second week in my new role at work. I'm really enjoying it and the last week i feel i've started to really get my teeth into the job. I had two appointments that i handled entirely myself and both clients went away with purchases and singing the praises of me and their experience. The downside? Both my managers responsible for making the major decisions were off this week so did not get to see that. Today i got a bit paranoid, probably the lack of sleep, when i heard my sales manager mentioning booking my rivals holiday she asked how it was going with me but the phone was ringing so i did not get the chance to go into detail. She asked if i was missing shoes, i told her not really. I know it is really nothing, however it was a reminder to not start getting too comfy,maybe it is just me having high expectations but i want to earn my place in there and i want them to know i.ve earned it. In my favour my manager did ask on monday how i would feel if i got asked to stay permanently. Then said we'll see... I was thinking of asking her if there is anything i can do better then let me know because i'm enjoying it and dont want to just be doing alright i want to do the best i can do and earn a permanent place in there. I know i'm not like most people in that others would not really express themselves in that manner. They expect to be granted things, that is the vibe i get from my rival who it seems i almost like well i should not be here so i cannot be bothered. But i can never say that for sure. Anyway enough rambling... Notice there is no mention of 'game' for the first time ever. I may amend this post at a later date as i have certain things i could add regarding that.
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Concentrate on doing a good job. Don't worry about who is seeing you or what others are doing?
Focus on what YOU can control.
Asking for tips from you boss is proabably a good idea if you think they are a good boss. However, if your boss has nothing constructive to say they may feel a bit pressured to say something and give you W4WS (work for works sake).
So take the the advice but analyse it. Think, will doing this make significant difference to my performance or are they saying it casue they couldn't think of anything else.
I can relate to this post through my years working in freelance Mac Artwork mostly in Leeds. Freelancers came & went but the reasons were clear, it came down to two things; work skills and people skills...
All work skills no people skills - despite the work skills these people often ended up pissing people off & didn’t last long.
All people skills, poor work skills - though often well liked by everyone, eventually people would get tired of having to cover for the inevitable mistakes & they (politely) just didn’t get booked anymore.
Good work skills, good people skills - it seems obvious but these were the ones that would get block bookings for months in advance, ‘always happy to help’ was their motto. I suspect this is your category.
As Clarke said, perhaps the focus should be what you can control - managing your customers expectations instead of the employers favour... get the first one right & the second one follows automatically :-)
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