Monday, May 05, 2008

“Sensibilities”

The key word here is “sensibilities” – those values, behaviours and personality traits that make you feel, well, like you’re among kindred spirits. If you share sensibilities with your co-workers, you tend to work at the same pace, confront each other and tough issues with the same level of intensity (or lack thereof)and laugh the same amount at meetings (often at the same jokes). We are not saying that people with shared sensibilities are all alike, but they pretty much all like each other at the end of it. The second question is about the opportunity to learn: “Will the new job stretch my mind, build my skill sand otherwise take me out of my comfort zone or am I entering at the top of my game?”

Sure, it’s appealing to join a company where you’re the smartest person in the room... for a while. In time, though, most people start to feel the downside of being the resident expert – namely boredom and career stall. There is risk, of course, in taking a job where you can blow it. But beware of any job that promises to be a lay-up. It will, ultimately, make you want to lie down. Certainly, that’s never going to be a good career move! The third question prompts you to consider the future by asking, “Should I ever leave, will this new job open or close doors for me?” Some companies are so respected for their training programmes or hiring standards that they bestow a kind of golden halo upon their employees. The consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Johnson & Johnson are good examples of such companies.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

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