There is an old adage that people quit managers, and not jobs. It maybe true in some cases but I don’t totally agree with that. There are many other factors which contribute directly or indirectly to such a major decision – which maybe :
Some companies like the way things are and employees don’t get a chance to learn anything new. Things continue to go the same way and slowly the good employees who are more ambitious to learn and grow start to leave. Peer pressure play a key role in such a situation and if all your friends have more interesting and rewarding jobs then the pressure keeps increasing.
Are you unhappy at work ? Do you feel that nothing is good and that it is all due to someone else’s fault. If that’s the case what do you think will happen – it will only continue to get worse. UNLESS you do something about it.
We complete our education start a job and then tend to stay in that job for too long. This is the tendency of most human beings as we are basically creatures of habit.
The year is ending and performance appraisals are in full swing. It’s an important time of the year and one of the most important things you can do to ensure the success of your performance appraisal is to actively prepare for it.
After completing our education we tend to think that learning and exams are a thing of the past – but very soon we realize that the workplace can also be a very competitive learning environment. In the workplace employees are constantly being assessed and judged on their knowledge, capabilities and skills. Further they are compared and bench marked against their peers.
In today’s fast moving world a major problem being faced by most people is having too much work and not enough time to do it. What is the solution ? The most basic solution is to fine-tune your time-management skills. It is only by using your working hours more efficiently, that you will be able to manage all you have to do and not come under an attack of stress.
While browsing the internet I can across some research on creativity, which I thought might be of interest to my followers – especially those who are around the age of 50.