How to influence the marketplace as an employee?

How to influence the marketplace as an employee?

If we are truly honest with ourselves, we have always been competing in a global marketplace even before the pandemic. Whether we are comparing salaries, chasing gender and diversity issues or running the race to climb the corporate ladder, we should never forget that the crux of it all is that the marketplace pays for value!?

As we head into a recession, we will see more redundancies and workforces shrinking as companies try to increase or even maintain their profitability. So be that person that makes themselves so valuable that you’re the one they want to keep. I want to share some basic principles where no matter where you are in your career, these principles will shine a light on you, your progression and more importantly increase your value at work.?

Be an employee-preneur.

Have you ever noticed that an entrepreneur has a completely different mindset, so your employee-preneur is not your average employee. First of all, an employee-preneur has a purpose and vision for what they do. And this is huge because 98% of the population is very close-minded, and they have a serve me attitude, they ask how is this job going to help them instead of asking how can I serve the company I am working for. What are their needs and goals?

In my opinion, there is a wrong and right way to approach your work, you can ask what do I get and have the attitude of getting paid for just turning up, giving the bare minimum, complaining about the customers and tasks without you wouldn’t even have a job. Versus, I'm going to do whatever it takes to help this organization grow. I will do whatever it takes to add value to everybody. I will do whatever it takes to lift up others that are around me. An employee-preneur asks what can I do to decrease the stress in this environment?

1)?????????Have purpose and vision

It is an honour to be able to work, it doesn’t matter what you do, there is purpose and vision in everything. There needs to be commitment, plus without ownership, you will not succeed. That doesn’t mean you have to be at the top, you have a duty to prosper where you are right now. An employee-preneur sees that the work that they are doing has an impact. And the biggest impact you can make is ensuring your customers are 100% satisfied. It’s the clients and the customers that pay our wages so understand that it is them that deserve a big giant thank you and a warm ‘we love you and we appreciate you’,??‘I'm so grateful that you've put your trust in our company. We want to make sure that you are fully satisfied'. This is a team effort,??there's a purpose in everything, every part of every business.?

2)?????????Good attitude

An attitude of excellence always translates into an attitude of excellence in the work. So when you have an attitude of, ‘I will just skate by’, ‘I will rush through’, ‘I’ll just do the minimums’, ‘I will just do enough so I don't get fired’. That person eventually gets fired. They really do. But the person that has the attitude of I'm giving it my absolute best shot every day, are the ones that become valuable.

Attitude is everything. Make it your goal and make it your aim that you will give more than what your company is giving you. It is then that you set yourself up for promotion and incredible satisfaction. If you want to grow. You have to give more than what you take. And then pretty soon it multiplies of the giving that you have done.

3)?????????Work with diligence

Diligence means that you didn't do 'just enough’. It means that you went to the fullness of what needed to be done so that the whole project was complete and, and satisfactory, not only according to your standards but the standards of which you would hope to get a promotion.

Just doing your job is not diligence. I want you to ask yourself when was the last time that you put in more than what was expected. Okay. That's diligence. When was the last time that you weren't just trying to rush so you can get out? , When was the last time that you felt so good about the work which you were putting out?

4)?????????Follow up and follow through

You need to give your boss updates on projects. Let's say that you have an assignment, you've got something that needs to get done by a certain date and time. What you don't want is for your boss to have to check in with you.

Do not give them a chance to check in with you. Be ahead of the game and check in with them before they have a chance to ask you. It is so frustrating for an employer to chase you down and follow up with you. This is why a lot of people hate management. A lot of people don't like managing people because they hate the frustration of having to babysit people. They hate it. So how can you rise in your opportunity?

How can you rise up in your company? Don't be managed. Be one that sets the stage. You're letting them know about the progress before they ever even get a chance to wonder where you're at in the project. Be the one to address them.

5)?????????Advance your skillset

Find a way to find satisfaction and learn the skills that you need. So many of the population are out there just trying to find the fit. Well, they will keep searching for a lifetime and, in the process have wasted a lot of time because they never invested themselves into really becoming that employee-preneur and succeeding somewhere.

Most people wait for the company to invest in them. Not even realize the company already has by hiring them. But most people will not make investments outside of their job.

When you do, you are growing and you are learning and therefore solving problems – that is when your boss will want to see you on a consistent path of success.

In closing, let’s get one thing straight, your employer wants to see you succeed, they do not want you to fail.

They do not want to fire you. It costs a company ￡1000’s to make a wrong hire.

Your manager, your employer is for you. You have to understand this because we have been conditioned to think that their boss is out for them, in fact, the opposite is true.