I've always admired those who work towards enhancing their professional development skills. There is a study that shows that growth comes with change, changes come with the environment and people who you choose to be surrounded within your life. According to Forbes contributor, Andrea Loubier, in her article, "How offices Are Innovating To Improve Our Happiness, Productivity And Well Being," she gives examples of how corporations and business owners are changing the game on how effective and beneficial their employees have become in the workplace. Some were, creating an environment to encourages movement, this allows employees to incorporate healthy activities while full-filling their daily duties. In addition, having more modern spaces for them to work and relax during the day but most importantly, I identified with health because of my experience working in corporate settings.
There were no areas near or within my office that provided healthy snacks or meals to the employees throughout the day, especially considering positions that required me to work overtime. Most meals were full of meats and carbs, salads were not a norm. Not to say that I wasn't grateful for free lunch on busy days, however, I would have not been angry about eating a spinach salad every once in a while.
Now, after noting the above factors in changing the productivity in the workplace, I didn't address the people. Corporate environments and entrepreneurial environments are different. Let's touch on that, as an entrepreneur we tend to focus on marketing, branding, targeting a selected group of people to market to. We tend to forget from time to time to air out the negative voices, the tension that we build amongst ourselves and others, and to focus on the good. We do have control over how we respond, the message that we project and the image that we wish to portray.
My point is that each factor that addresses necessary change in the workplace should not just be held to the standards of a corporate environment or small business. If you didn't have the CEO, the executive manager or the co-worker who sat across in the small cubical that you share to blame for your bad productivity, or your inability to connect with clients or effectively marketing yourself then how great are you really in your position. As an entrepreneur, that is a part of the struggle, not being able to place blame on our environment or the people who we work with but taking more accountability on how we do business. The people who we keep in our circle, are they only interested in having drinks with us or are they interested in doing business with us? Will this person share my product, give me help in promoting it or offer any assistance? Are examples of questions that you should ask yourself before building relationships with people, not after. You want business and professional relationship with people. You can have personal relationships but ask yourself can you be friends with a person who doesn't support you or celebrate your accomplishments with you?
At this point in my life, I guess I'm more concerned with how I can make changes on my own and with the help of others to promote a better professional career for myself. I want to leave less time to blame others for my shortcomings and take more responsibility for how effective my work actually is. To me that defines a good leader, being able to carry great loads of responsibilities as well as being accountable for your own pitfalls. Leaders provide constructive criticism as well as they take it. They provide tips, tools, and training to help those around them succeed but, by demonstrating what that work ethic is all about.
Try not to let the conditions and the people around you control how effective you are in your career.
Read the Forbes article by Andrea Loubier by clicking the link below: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrealoubier/2017/10/30/how-offices-are-innovating-to-improve-our-happiness-productivity-and-well-being/#746afed76ad1
My morning revelation,
Miriam Dixon-Davis
Creator of Networking Business Solutions
Author of Intolerable Boundaries, Series, Vol. 1 & 2
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