How to Enhance the “Sense of Value” in the Workplace
Editor’s Note: This article is from the WeChat public account “Hunting” (ID:liepinwang)< / a>, author: Hazel May.
01 only value, no sense of value, The road is not far away
A few days ago, I had a party with my friend Xiao Fan. Xiao Fan, who was originally lively and cheerful, had only a grievance on his face, and when I asked, he realized that he had been rejected to raise his salary.
He said: “After I was rejected, I felt that it was nothing, so I was sad for a few days, but later when I learned that the boss gave another colleague a raise, I felt aggrieved.”
When Xiao Fan talked about his anger, his face was getting worse.
He continued to complain: “What is even more annoying is that the colleague doesn’t seem to have much strong business ability. I work more aggressively than him, and I can efficiently complete what the boss has given me. I also worked overtime a few months ago. After finishing a big project, can the boss not see my value?”
In my opinion, Xiaofan has a wrong perception about salary increase. A salary increase in the workplace is not a simple “fair trade”. You think it reflects value in your work, but in the heart of the boss, You don’t have the “sense of worth” worthy of a raise.
Just like why luxury bags have high prices? Is it just because of good quality?
No, the brand, workmanship, and material of luxury bags only account for about 10% of the price, and 90% of the price is the high sense of value that consumers can feel: a noble shopping experience , The enjoyment of luxury bags…
The same is true in the workplace. Value is that you meet the requirements of the company’s job setting and can complete the work on time and point. However, this value does not directly form a sense of value for the boss. The sense of value is that the boss thinks you are in In actual work, it is better than others.
In the workplace, you must not be complacent, without self-knowledge, if you just keep Stick to self-worth, and do not understand your own “sense of value” in the eyes of the boss, so there is room for increase in salary Will be blocked.
02 Value + sense of value,is the link up Channel for salary increase
In the workplace, there is a common “value evaluation bias”.
The different perspectives of bosses and employees lead to different evaluation standards and systems when evaluating value.
The employee will think: “I worked overtime to solve the boss’s urgent need. I have worked a lot and deserve a salary increase.”
As for the boss, whether or not a salary increase depends on the so-called value contribution you provide, but on whether you really show your “highlights” in your work compared to other colleagues.
If other colleagues can handle the same job as you and can achieve the same effect as you can accomplish, then the possibility of your salary increase is almost zero.
Going back to the experience of Xiaofan again, you may feel worthless for Xiaofan, but after knowing the usual performance of the colleague whose salary was raised, you will find that Xiaofan’s salary increase is an inevitable result.
Although the colleague is not strong in business skills, he often deals with people who are not well coordinated within the company. Over time, “strong communication skills and a good balance between his own personality and the personality of others” The value label will make a mark in the eyes of the boss.
Compared with Xiaofan’s hard work, this ability will appear more “bright” and more worthy of a salary increase opportunity.
Li Kaifu once taught computer courses to 60 of the brightest high school students in Pennsylvania. He prepared courseware diligently every day, appeared in class on time, and gave lectures to the students endlessly.
But what he didn’t expect was that he had become the most unpopular teacher among students.
“The scoring is based on a five-point system, I actually only have 1 point!”
Students commented that his course content is not bad, but the classroom interaction is too poor, not interesting enough, too dull, monotonous, and has a strong hypnotic effect.
When Kai-Fu Lee realized that he was not good at speaking, he consulted the lecturer on relevant speaking skills and went to fight for various speaking opportunities.
After a period of deliberate practice, Kaifu Lee’s speech level improved rapidly.
Later, Kai-Fu Lee had nearlyIn the 20 lectures, at least 100,000 students were faced and praised by many teachers and students.
If at the beginning, Kai-Fu Lee only focused on the value that the courseware can provide to students, instead of reflecting, or standing in the position of students, considering the sense of value they can get from the classroom, maybe he is now , Is still a boring teacher with no fun at all.
Value is the manifestation of self-ability, and sense of value is the premium and increment of value reflected in the workplace. The two are closely linked.
There is no “sense of value”, only value. What you get is only the obstacle to getting a salary increase. Without value, there is a “sense of value”, and what it shows is just an “empty shell”.
Value and sense of value go hand in hand, which is your real weapon to gain a firm foothold in the workplace and achieve a promotion and salary increase.
03 How to enhance the “sense of value” in the workplace
1) “Hard-working” employees seek value from efficiency
There are many such “hard” overtime employees in the workplace. They always feel that they work overtime and stay up late to complete their work, which reflects their value and deserves the approval of their boss.
As far as the boss is concerned, the “sense of value” of this type of employee is very low. If the boss is surprised and admired by you, the only way to improve your efficiency is to make yourself spend less time and less manpower. Material resources to complete the work.
Improve efficiency, start with planning, plan the things to be done, focus on the important things and allocate energy and time, and in the process of implementation, adjust at any time for oncoming changes.
Efficiency has improved. Your “hard work” to complete low-value work has also changed in the eyes of the boss, and your “sense of value” will become different from before.
2) “Efficiency” employees look for value from the hierarchy
Imagine that you are already a highly efficient mature employee under your bossOnce again, you can’t be more efficient again and let your value change drastically in front of your boss.
At this time, we must jump out of efficiency, not confined to the present, but should allow ourselves to finish work as much as possible, and have more time to cultivate our overall thinking and long-term thinking.
Lan Sieg, CEO of Hunter Head Consulting, said: “While doing your best to do a good job, try to show some bright spots every three months, and do things that make the chief admirable, so that you have a better chance of getting Promotion.”
This is also the truth. These bright spots, for employees who are already very efficient, lie in starting from a higher level, thinking about their value proposition and improvement.
For example, if you can think more deeply about the current job, see more broadly, and think about the longer term, you can continue to develop more acumen for the job and see the details you have overlooked.
3) Manage expectations well
The boss has certain expectations for his employees. To manage the boss’s expectations upward is also a necessary ability for professionals.
The best strategy is to measure your abilities in an all-round way, know where your ability boundaries are, what are your strengths and weaknesses, and learn to refuse decisively if the boss arranges jobs that exceed your own ability boundaries. .
An early no is far better than the embarrassment of being unable to complete after the contract.
When the boss gives you an item, a goal, you have to learn to communicate with the boss: “How far does he hope I can achieve this? What is the goal he expects to achieve in this job? He will invest in it How many resources? What is his expectation of the bottom line of this matter?”
Once you lock your boss’s expectations within a reasonable range, you will be able to take the initiative in your work and manage your “sense of value” in front of your boss, improve efficiency, and surprise your boss.
04 Conclusion
Professor Xue Zhaofeng once said: “Bargaining power is your opportunity elsewhere. If you have an opportunity elsewhere, you can say goodbye to your boss.”
Workers who want to have irreplaceable “bargaining power”, in addition to working hard to enhance their own value, they also need to clarify their own positioning, under positioning, do more valuable things, increase themselvesThe “Sense of Value” in the company.
Try to be a career person who can have no regrets for yourself, but also allows your boss to have expectations of you.