Many people in today’s society view success in the workplace as one who has developed a certain characteristic that is described as a skill. For instance, John who works at Peter Piper Pizza is known for having great communication and interpersonal skills. John has developed this skill for over the past 30 years as a way to express his personality with others through verbal communication. However, as we know today’s world is comprised of many different types of individuals who holds successful workplace skills and some who does not. Needless to say, I have discovered that if an individual develops his or hers efficiency in the workplace, their ability to remain reliable to their employer, and have the aptitude to remain professional at work
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What employer does not want to depend on their employee to be honest and trustworthy, or have the integrity to admit one’s faults? Reliability is a crucial when operating in the workplace. It requires a consistency that an employee must continue to do day in and day out regardless of the amount of extra effort that it takes to complete the job. An employee who holds this type of skill not only gives their employer confidence that they can get the job done in the time frame given to them, or that they will be at work on time, but that they can contribute to an acceptable work product that benefits the company in which the employee works for. More importantly, reliability is a lead way for an employee to take their work seriously, which requires a sense of …show more content…
However, this skill is bound to set a solid foundation for any skill that an employee may have. Let’s look at John again. John has great communication skills and is bound to encounter a conversation or two with some of his fellow coworkers, however, John also learned throughout his career that there is a boundary lines that separates his work communication as well as his personal life communication. John does not disclosed to his coworker anything that is not work related. Thus, John is practicing workplace professionalism. If an employee is hired with the quality of having workplace professionalism an employer is bond to witness their employee, but is not limited to 1) Pay attention to the cultural norms in an organization and follow them. 2) Be pleasant and polite to people even if they dislike them. 3) Take their work seriously, 4) be helpful and do more than what is solely on their job description to do, and so much more. Professionalism requires a maturity to see things as part of the job, like critical feedback, rather than take anything personally. I am confident that an employee who keeps it professional at work will see astronomical success in their future than those who do not practice professionalism in the
What employer does not want to depend on their employee to be honest and trustworthy, or have the integrity to admit one’s faults? Reliability is a crucial when operating in the workplace. It requires a consistency that an employee must continue to do day in and day out regardless of the amount of extra effort that it takes to complete the job. An employee who holds this type of skill not only gives their employer confidence that they can get the job done in the time frame given to them, or that they will be at work on time, but that they can contribute to an acceptable work product that benefits the company in which the employee works for. More importantly, reliability is a lead way for an employee to take their work seriously, which requires a sense of …show more content…
However, this skill is bound to set a solid foundation for any skill that an employee may have. Let’s look at John again. John has great communication skills and is bound to encounter a conversation or two with some of his fellow coworkers, however, John also learned throughout his career that there is a boundary lines that separates his work communication as well as his personal life communication. John does not disclosed to his coworker anything that is not work related. Thus, John is practicing workplace professionalism. If an employee is hired with the quality of having workplace professionalism an employer is bond to witness their employee, but is not limited to 1) Pay attention to the cultural norms in an organization and follow them. 2) Be pleasant and polite to people even if they dislike them. 3) Take their work seriously, 4) be helpful and do more than what is solely on their job description to do, and so much more. Professionalism requires a maturity to see things as part of the job, like critical feedback, rather than take anything personally. I am confident that an employee who keeps it professional at work will see astronomical success in their future than those who do not practice professionalism in the