Unhappy With Job, Boss, Avoid These Behaviors
“You must always protect your brand/reputation. In our digital world, once you or someone else disses your reputation, it is hard to repair the damage regardless of the truth.”
JGS
When you are unhappy in your job – for whatever reason – here is a must-do while you are sorting out your next career move: be a good employee.
Don’t be a complainer.
Don’t be a debater.
Don’t lob rotten eggs.
When you are unhappy with your boss or how the organization is treating you, these reactions may be temptations that are tough to avoid, but it is imperative you do.
You must always protect your brand/reputation. In our digital world, once you or someone else disses your reputation, it is hard to repair the damage regardless of the truth.
As the old saying goes, “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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Hate Your Job? What’s Your Plan?
You are dissatisfied with your job.
Your manager is not great.
The economy is uncertain. Some of financial forecasts are unsettling.
“You do not want to leave a job you do not like for one that does not last.”
JohnGSelf
You do not want to leave a job you do not like for one that does not last.
There is an answer, one that most people have not explored.
You may not be able act today, but do you have a plan for your next career steps?
Beyond a passing promise to get a better job when the economy approves, most people in this situation don’t have a plan and vision for their future.
This is unfortunate. When you are in a bad place, having such a plan with positive action steps can harness your frustration.
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4 Principles that Guided My Career
Here are four guiding principles that propelled my improbable and satisfying career:
- I took jobs that played to my signature strengths,
- Regardless of the challenge, the thought of failing was never a factor.
- Enthusiasm was my secret sauce. I was passionate about the work I did.
- Given an improbable task, I was always willing to go the extra mile to prove it could be done.
From crime writer to leading the start-up of the nation’s second hospital-based helicopter ambulance program in the largest medical center in the world and then selling risk-averse hospital CEOs on the idea of profiting by stationing those helicopters on their roof, to recruiting healthcare personnel in six countries on four continents, I have experienced an enormously satisfying career.
What principles guide your choices.