Have you ever had employees or colleagues who think they deserve more than the business owner or investor, just because they feel they’re doing all the work?
Meanwhile, “Why don’t they care about the business the same way as I do?” is a common complaint you’ll hear from business owners.
That’s why the most valuable employees are those who treat the business as if it is theirs.
They are the ones who will go far. The question is, do you want to be one of them?
Why do I know this? Because when I found my niche in continuous process improvement, I became a consultant to the business owners.
I became the one who advised them if where they should be focusing their efforts toward, and where they should be cutting their losses, and unfortunately, that includes employees who think too highly of themselves, while not reflecting the same in their performance.
These are the people who are not willing to learn new things, adapt to business and market changes, and just stick to how they used to do things.
These are the people who will either not progress any further in their careers, not get promoted, or will be the first ones that the company will let go when the time comes.
The question is, do you want that employee to be you?
If not, then the good thing is that there is a way for you to learn a new skillset that will take your career to the next level.
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For now, you must see this, so it can be ingrained in your mind, as it will change your perspective forever.
Honestly, I’m not into politics. But how political commentator Ben Shapiro responded in this debate was spot on. I couldn’t have said it any better.
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As someone who employs people in my own business I can say that often employees do start to think they deserve more. Partly because they don’t actually understand how much I work and what I actually do. They only see me when they are working… so to them they think that they work just as hard as me or more. But They don’t see what I am doing when they are not around. I honestly think I do 90% of the work and they basically are there to keep things running smoothly. That means I do the work to get people in the door (marketing), pay all the bills, developing the program and system such that it is financially viable, dealing with other organisations that the company needs to survive, speaking to lawyers, and much much more. They only turn up and do one specific role for a short time, and they also get a guaranteed payment for their time. I however do not have a guaranteed income, my income is based on how well the business is doing. If the business is making a loss for what ever reason, they still get paid what I agreed with them and I don’t get paid at all.
For me, the issue is, you may get an employee that is gaining new skills, but none of those skills add value to the job you are actually paying them to do. That is to say, they are gaining skills in areas you never asked them to. Which is fine, but then they expect that I see that there value has increased and thus I should pay them more… The question is, has your value increased for MY BUSINESS. If the answer is no then why would I pay you more when you are not helping me to solve my problems.
The other side to the coin is, when you tell them what they should be doing they don’t like it and don’t want to do what you ask them to do. Even though you are telling them how to do their job… They want to do the job their way… they don’t want to do what they are being paid to do…
I think a lot more people should start their own companies so that they can actually understand their employers more. Even to understand how hard what they are doing is, so they don’t take their employers for granted.