What Happened to Workplace Loyalty?We all know that loyalty between employers and employees is not what it once was. If we explore who started this erosion, most would blame employers who made frugally furloughing folks fashionable.
If we care about restoring loyalty, shouldn’t we go beyond blaming and seek solutions?
Like trust, loyalty is a two-way street. Both take time and effort to rebuild.
The people at Ajilon Professional Staffing created this detailed graphic on the topic. As I studied it, I discovered some troubling assumptions. I believe that challenging these assumptions could help both employees and employers find higher ground.
Source: Ajilon Professional Staffing
This poster begins with the question: Should I stay in my role?
The underlying assumption is: My role has stringent, encumbering boundaries that prevent my ongoing growth and development.
What if we instead asked: What opportunities are there for me to expand my role?
In almost any job, we notice things falling through the cracks or potential projects being pushed to the back burner.
What if you took more initiative to discover areas of improvement and act on them?
Why do workers succumb to apparent limitations in their job descriptions? Just because your job description doesn’t mention it, does not mean you shouldn’t or can’t take action and find a better way.
The poster states two assumptions for negatives of staying too long in a job:
What if you overcame the artificial boundaries of your job description and became known as a proactive problem solver? Would those two assumptions really true? You just have to be ambitious enough to expand your role. Who’s responsible for your level of ambition? Perhaps your boss is. But if you wait for that to happen, what happens to your career?
Should you wait for assignments to be handed to you? Or do you seek opportunities to make a difference and “lead from where you stand”?
If we want to retain talented millennials, why not help them overcome the two assumptions (above) and simply define what it means to LEAD. Here’s a simple framework: Leadership Simplified.
What would happen if you supported an atmosphere where it is better to ask for forgiveness than for permission?
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