When it comes to workplace success, just exactly what does it take? Well, here's a riddle for you...
What does an Academy Award winner from the glamorous world of Hollywood have in common with a mail clerk who has just been promoted to supervisor?
The envelope please..(drum roll)...and the answer is....plenty!
What does one have to do with the other? Well, neither person won or was promoted without help. That's right. Someone helped that person win that award or get that promotion.
For the award winner it was the writer, producer, director, other actors, lighting people, sound people, the Academy itself, etc., etc. that financed the project, made the winner look and sound good, and nominated and awarded the winner.
For the newly promoted mail clerk, it was co-workers whose problems the mail clerk helped solve, the manager or supervisor who saw the mail clerk's potential, and the person who actually did the promoting.
Why should this matter?
Everyone needs to understand that nobody achieves success alone. For your employees to succeed they will need help getting to the top. Encourage them to develop a social network of people within their workplace community.
Have staff look for common interests and experiences with others in different departments within your company. They will soon see each other as real people and not just computer programmers, marketing people, or mail clerks.
Having a personal connection makes it easier for everyone to want to help each other, and as a result, everyone benefits and succeeds.
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