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I love this multiple-choice question from a book called, How to Say It: Be Indispensable
at Work by Jack Griffin:
Most employees are fired….
A. Because they cannot do the job for which they were hired.
B. Because they lack the basic requisite skills.
C. Because they fall below some minimum productivity requirement.
D. Because they prove themselves to be high-maintenance.
The answer is D!
You don’t want to be that high maintenance person. You don’t want to ask so many
questions, that your manager feels he/she would have been better off just doing it
themselves or giving it to someone else.
You don’t want to be annoying!
Many assignments are ambiguous. They just aren’t prescriptive.
Use the opportunity to apply your own creativity. Ask colleagues and other key
resources in your organization for help if needed.
If you want to validate that you’re on the right track, you can send a draft or outline of
your approach to your manager for input. If it’s not what they want, they will tell you
and you can readjust as needed.
After all, you’re a problem solver, a collaborator, and a leader, right?
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