This came from some business site but ask yourself if your medical staff uses any of these fireable offenses, they do work for you and you can be like Romney and like being able to fire people.
1. "There's nothing I can do." Really? You've exhausted every
possible solution? This is similar to when my six-year-old says she's
looked everywhere for her shoes. When you say that there is nothing you
can do, we learn two things about you: You're a liar, and you're lazy --
two qualities that are not going to help you get a raise or even keep
your job. We know you are lying because there is always something you
can do. And in the remote chance that there really isn't anything you
can do, at least tell us everything you've done, what you intend to keep
trying, or who you intend to go to who actually can do something.
Nobody with a spine has ever uttered these words. By using this phrase,
it shows that you are weak, give up easily, and lack all creativity and
effectiveness. You don't get paid to be ineffective or lazy, so stop using this horrible phrase.
2. "It's not fair." If you
find yourself saying this, grow up. Little Joey doesn't have to share
his Tonka truck with you. Of course things aren't fair. It's not fair
that millions of young boys and girls are kidnapped or sold into sex
slavery each year or that hundreds of millions of people don't have
enough to eat. If you are complaining about something trivial, it sounds
like you are whining. And who hates whiners? Everyone, including your
boss.
3. "That's impossible." There are two kinds of
employees -- those who make things happen and those who come up with
excuses about why things didn't happen. You don't want to be among the
latter. These folks love to discourage creativity and ideas. If it
hasn't been done, the thinking goes, then it is not possible. Stop
asking if it is possible, and instead start asking how it can be
possible. Even if it doesn't work, at least you will be seen as somebody
willing to take risks and persevere.
4. "I wish..." When
your boss hears you say this, the first thing she is thinking is, "I
wish I'd hired someone else." Don't wish, want, or hope anything. As a
leader, you go out there and make things happen. You take responsibility
and control of the situation. You certainly don't sit back and wish for
change. Leaders are drivers, not passengers hoping good things happen.
Wishing makes you look lazy and/or ineffective. Your boss wants you to
stop talking about what you hope would happen and start making something
happen.
5. "But we've always done it that way." Nothing
evokes the thought "I've got to fire this guy" quite like this phrase.
In one fell swoop you are basically announcing that you are uncreative,
lazy, close-minded, inflexible, and ineffective. The managers I've
talked to said this is probably the phrase they hear most and the one
above all others that gets their blood to boil. Do yourself and the
unemployment rate a favor and stop using this phrase.
These are
just a handful of phrases that can get you in hot water at work. But can
they really get you fired? Absolutely! It's because they expose a
deeper malady. In an economy where employers need to be creative and do
more with less, employees who use these phrases will be replaced with
those who have a better attitude and can get the job done.
Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 28,972 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke.DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER, BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.
Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.
I usually disregard advice from business writers, but I really like this.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I read a profile on the business guru and stroke survivor Clay Christenson (in the New Yorker, two months ago?). Really great.
Dean, I appreciate this; it helps make what can be an emotional decision more practical. I know many people who retain employees because they "like" them.
ReplyDeleteLike most people, I am driven crazy by whining. Unlike others, though, I define it by content, not tone of voice. Stroke recovery has no room for whining, just as a work environment doesn't.