Advice: Don't take 'calling' as 'reuse'! Understanding these 3 points is more important than doing things honestly
Recently, a friend asked me for help and said, "I am in a very embarrassing situation now, because I am more obedient and honest. Therefore, the boss has been reused by the leaders as soon as he entered the company, and he often asks me to do this and that. I thought that , The leader is using me and promoting me intentionally, so he worked very hard. As a result, a foreman position was finally vacated, but the boss let other people be promoted. Do you think honest people deserve to be bullied? ?"
After I listened to it, I asked: "You said that the boss reuses you, in what ways?"
The friend replied: "A lot, for example, helping to receive customers, socializing with the boss, or helping plan the company's annual meeting..."
"Wait a minute, isn't your job in operation? Why does this sound like a secretary!" I asked rhetorically.
"Yeah! I'm doing the operation! However, if the boss arranges it, I can't do it, right?!" The friend retorted.
After listening to his description, I finally understood the truth of the matter. Friends believe that being "used" by the leader is to be reused, but in fact, it is just a command!
The real reuse should be to make the best use of everything and give full play to your abilities.
For example, as an operation, the leader asks you to operate an independent project, or asks you to plan an event, which is really reuse.
In the workplace, knowing what to do and what to refuse is actually a quality that a mature workplace person should possess, otherwise, no matter how much you do, it will be useless!
So, don't take "managing" as "reuse" anymore! Understanding these three points is more important than doing things honestly.
Advice: Don't take "calling" as "reuse"! Understanding these 3 points is more important than doing things honestly
- "Doing it wrong" is worse than "doing nothing"
Warren Bennis, the father of leadership, said, "Managers do things right, and leaders do things right."
These two sentences sound a bit confusing, but the meaning is very clear: as an executor, the emphasis is on the ability to do things; as a leader, the emphasis should be on judgment.
Anyone with a little experience in the workplace can see that making correct judgments is far more important than ability.
It is a pity that many people in the workplace still do not understand the truth, so they have entered a misunderstanding.
For example, my former colleague Ashu is a typical example. He is a well-known hard worker in the company, and he can give up rest time in order to work.
Once, the company took an order from a particularly difficult customer, and the customer asked to write an article and push it out before the day after tomorrow.
In order to perform well, Ah Shu has been busy since receiving the order.
As a result, after a night of tossing, the customer is just not satisfied.
I thought that the leaders would be moved by their overtime work, but they were greeted by the leader's scolding: "How did you do it? You haven't done it for so long? You even let customers accompany you to make changes overnight? The customers just called. Complain! I coaxed for a long time to calm down!"
Ashu said aggrievedly: "I have worked very hard, but the customer is not satisfied, what can I do?"
The leader got even more angry when he heard it, and said, "How did you do it? Why can others do it in an hour, but you can't do it all night?"
Ashu said: "I do everything according to the customer's requirements! The customer's requirements are too high!"
After listening, the leader asked back, "Have you read the articles he posted in the past? Did you ask him to send you a case? Did you ask him to give you a reference copy?"
Ashu is confused, it turns out that he can still operate in this way.
Like Ah Shu, trying to get the approval of the leaders with his own efforts is a typical mistake.
Compared with not doing it, Ashu not only offended the client, but also lost the trust of the leader in him, making things even worse.
Advice: Don't take "calling" as "reuse"! Understanding these 3 points is more important than doing things honestly
- The more things are done, the better
In the workplace, such a phenomenon often occurs: those who work the most are not rewarded by leaders; those who work the least are promoted instead.
Some people think that this is shady because some people have a relationship with the leader.
But in fact, the truth is not so.
Because what really determines the value is not how much you do, but how much benefit you do.
For example, in the same factory, one person moves very fast and can install 2,000 screws a day; while the other person does not work very much, but provides a solution for the leader, which can increase the efficiency of all employees by 20%. Who do you think leaders will use?
It may not be easy to find someone who can screw 2000 screws, but it is not difficult to find someone who can screw 1800 screws to replace him. And people who can improve the efficiency of all workers are definitely talents, even if they have money, they may not be able to find them.
Therefore, whether or not to work more requires careful consideration.
So, under what circumstances can you do more?
Generally speaking, if you meet one of the following three conditions, you can accept more work, and you will never suffer!
The more you do, the more rewards the company gives;
Do things that are conducive to establishing your own brand image;
Do things that can increase your core competitiveness and help you find better jobs.
Advice: Don't take "calling" as "reuse"! Understanding these 3 points is more important than doing things honestly
- Do you want to accept a temporary task from the boss?
No matter where you work, you can almost always receive temporary assignments from your boss or superiors.
Many people hate such temporary tasks, because it not only disrupts the work rhythm, but also generates little value and does not make much sense for their long-term development.
However, if all temporary tasks are to be pushed away, the boss is not far from pushing you to the brink.
So, should such a task be accepted? This should be analyzed from three directions.
- Look at the frequency
If it is only once or twice, then there will be no problem in the future, and there is no need to care about this trivial matter.
- Look at the complexity of things.
If things are relatively simple and can be done easily, then, it is acceptable.
- Look at the importance
If this matter is very important to the company and to the boss, then, there is no doubt that the leader entrusts you with such a task as trust in you, and accepting the task can increase the leader's favorability to you.
So, if it is not the above three situations, how to reject it?
The answer is to have a good talk with the boss. You can talk to the boss about the price. You have a salary of 10,000 yuan, but he arranges you to do 2,000 yuan of work. Is it too much of a loss? The bosses are all smart people, and it's easy to understand.
In addition, you also need to take the initiative to report to the boss.
why? Because the boss keeps asking you to work for two reasons: one is that you seem to have nothing to do; the other is that you are very easy to use.
And nothing to do is the main reason your boss is looking for you.
Reporting on a regular basis is constantly emphasizing "I'm busy" to the boss. If the leader knows your work situation, then things that are not important will naturally not be handed over to you.
Advice: Don't take "calling" as "reuse"! Understanding these 3 points is more important than doing things honestly
Finally, I want to say that you can actually feel that you are really reused by leaders.
Because after being reused, you will feel that your ability is improving rapidly; and if you are only called by the leader, you will feel that you are very busy, but there is no progress.
Smart workplace people know what is really valuable to them, and they know how to make choices.
Therefore, they can "work less and get more".