Comments for Excellence at Work - Workplace Excellence http://excellenceatwork.com Excellence at work is a division of Workplace Excellence, LLC, specialize in providing tools and resources to help you achieve excellence in your career, your organization and with your staff. We work diligently to seek out the best methodologies and thought leadership from experts around the globe to help you and your organization to achieve. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:56:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on I Hate My Job by Dr Bruce Hoag http://excellenceatwork.com/i-hate-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Dr Bruce Hoag Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:56:29 +0000 http://excellenceatwork.com/?p=275#comment-47 One of the greatest sources of frustration at work is due to boredom; and this is a direct result of the high levels of experience and skill that people bring to their work. Veterans coming out of World War 2 were afforded extraordinary opportunities to obtain higher education, and this tradition has continued ever since. Despite the high cost to attend university, it's something that most people do and expect to do. Another frustration comes from the antiquated structures that permeate organizations today. This hierarchy was created originally to insure that the unskilled and illiterate workforces in the English and the later American industrial revolutions could manufacture products that previously were only produced by master craftsmen. Put these two phenomenon together, and you have highly skilled and highly educated people being forced to work in a system that was designed for people who were exactly the opposite. No wonder there's so much frustration; and no wonder people continually hope that the green grass on the other side of the fence offers better grazing than where they are. One of the greatest sources of frustration at work is due to boredom; and this is a direct result of the high levels of experience and skill that people bring to their work. Veterans coming out of World War 2 were afforded extraordinary opportunities to obtain higher education, and this tradition has continued ever since. Despite the high cost to attend university, it’s something that most people do and expect to do.

Another frustration comes from the antiquated structures that permeate organizations today. This hierarchy was created originally to insure that the unskilled and illiterate workforces in the English and the later American industrial revolutions could manufacture products that previously were only produced by master craftsmen.

Put these two phenomenon together, and you have highly skilled and highly educated people being forced to work in a system that was designed for people who were exactly the opposite. No wonder there’s so much frustration; and no wonder people continually hope that the green grass on the other side of the fence offers better grazing than where they are.

]]> Comment on I Hate My Job by Joe Jenney http://excellenceatwork.com/i-hate-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Joe Jenney Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:28:52 +0000 http://excellenceatwork.com/?p=275#comment-35 Great comments. Job frustration is usually connected to not moving on Maslow's hierarchy of needs but even so your advice is valid. Sometimes we just have to seize our jobs with enthusiasm, whether we initially feel it or not. Great comments. Job frustration is usually connected to not moving on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs but even so your advice is valid. Sometimes we just have to seize our jobs with enthusiasm, whether we initially feel it or not.

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]]> Comment on The Five Abstracts of Leadership Excellence – Part 3 by Joel Abraham http://excellenceatwork.com/the-five-abstracts-of-leadership-excellence-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Joel Abraham Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:51:13 +0000 http://excellenceatwork.com/?p=9#comment-3 Hi I read this post and felt compelled to respond. You are 100% spot on about Honesty! I have been recruiting and selling for over 16 years. I have experience the good, the bad and the ugly of this industry. I found out at an early in life that it was much easier to tell the truth and be honest take my lumps and learn from my mistakes. I have never been fired or lost clients from being honest for my mistakes. Whether or not I created them. In business not matter what role you play honesty and effort are two main ingredients in the recipe for finding the success in your career. For me personally I firmly believe one of the reasons why I have been so successful in the niche Talent Acquisition business is that my clients can rely on my skills to exceed their goals but more importantly it is their confidence in me that has allowed me to be successful for them. It has been my honesty that has allowed me to create real partnerships. So to all who are reading this post and other life changing info on this site. Remember what you learned on an early age. It is easier to tell the truth then dig your self out of a whole from a lie. Good luck, stay positive and thank you very much for this site! -Joel Hi I read this post and felt compelled to respond.

You are 100% spot on about Honesty! I have been recruiting and selling for over 16 years. I have experience the good, the bad and the ugly of this industry. I found out at an early in life that it was much easier to tell the truth and be honest take my lumps and learn from my mistakes.

I have never been fired or lost clients from being honest for my mistakes. Whether or not I created them.

In business not matter what role you play honesty and effort are two main ingredients in the recipe for finding the success in your career.
For me personally I firmly believe one of the reasons why I have been so successful in the niche Talent Acquisition business is that my clients can rely on my skills to exceed their goals but more importantly it is their confidence in me that has allowed me to be successful for them. It has been my honesty that has allowed me to create real partnerships.

So to all who are reading this post and other life changing info on this site. Remember what you learned on an early age. It is easier to tell the truth then dig your self out of a whole from a lie.

Good luck, stay positive and thank you very much for this site!

-Joel

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