10 PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEING A GOOD EMPLOYEE

1. Pay attention to the directions your boss gives. If necessary, use a notebook to write down relevant points.
2. Be a planned person. Write down and stick to deadlines for the tasks you are given. Bosses are very attentive to these deadlines, and when they are not met they severely punish those who have not complied.
3. Don’t create problems for bosses, be part of the solution. Bosses value subordinates who don’t create problems and those who offer solutions to problems.
4. Be punctual. Punctuality is increasingly respected in any organization. Tardiness, no matter how well motivated, leaves a bad impression. So always take a time reserve to make sure you arrive on time for any meeting.
5. Always prepare for the meeting with the boss. When the boss calls you, it is certainly to give you a task, to ask for an explanation, to reward or punish you. It is advisable to make a brief analysis of your recent work, so that you are able to give clear and documented answers to the questions the boss will ask you.
6. Develop initiatives, be creative and innovative. Although some bosses dislike change, being adept at routine work, initiatives that increase productivity, make work more efficient, reduce costs, grow the business, enhance the reputation of the organization and more are more often than not well appreciated.
7. Be assertive. Assertive communication can solve many problems. It is important to avoid passive and aggressive communication. Clarify when you don’t understand something; say if you don’t like something; set boundaries and benchmarks if you feel it is better that way. Communicate, communicate and communicate again. Express your point of view assertively.
8. Collaborate with colleagues. Developing positive and professional interpersonal relationships with colleagues is a desire of any boss. A team where there is no conflict and where employees collaborate and help each other to solve work tasks is good for employees first and foremost. Try to be impartial, don’t get into “informal groups” that gossip, don’t escalate personal or even work conflicts in an irrational, destructive and unjustified way. Be a consummate professional and a balancing factor in the collective.
9. Be selfless. Help selflessly when you have the opportunity. People will remember this in the most positive way. When you need help, your colleagues will do the same for you, without you asking.
10. Be open to new professional challenges. Any employee can be promoted to a higher position in the hierarchy or get another, horizontally better job. This depends in most cases on the boss-subordinate relationship. A person who is open to new challenges at work, to change, to learning new things, to improving their training and taking on new responsibilities will be more likely to be promoted.