Rev Up The Potential Of High Achievers In The Workplace

Give High Achievers The Right Push

An effective leader knows how to capitalize on the uniqueness of his team members. If there's a high achiever in the team, then he would know how to leverage their capabilities. The goal is to grow the high performers and retain them. With more than sufficient verve for work, high performers have a lot to offer to the team and the organization as a whole. High achievers are distinct in both likeable and unlikeable ways. They are unique, yes, and it takes a different combination of wind and sail to get them cruising in vibrant waters. You have to give them the right push so they can soar and render accolades for the organization.

Expect a high performing employee to be different. If you're the boss, you have to know the right kind of oil to grease and rev them up to function optimally. Take time to have honest communication with the employee. Get to know what their motivations, and strong and weak spots are. This way, you'll know what the right buttons are to push. You want to get real results? A high achiever is a gift to your team in that endeavor. The boon that the high performing employee is is just part of the package, nonetheless. There would be downsides, and as a leader, you have to learn to adjust when managing them. Here are some tips on how to deal with a high achiever in the workplace.

How To Deal With High Achievers In The Workplace
 

Let them run. High performers excel because they expand and go beyond borders. Consider that they typically do not respond well to a controlled process. High achieving employees have a distinctive set of innate and learned skills that served them well. If you have a problem solver high achiever in your team, for instance, you wouldn't

Learn the Top Three Strategies of High Achievers to Increase Your Business Success

Do you find yourself working at a slow pace with a low energy? If you want to work as a high achiever, then analyze how fast you work on tasks during your day. Ask yourself these questions: How faster do I move through my day? And, on a scale from 1 to 10 where am I? (10 indicates that you are moving fast.) The faster you move the more momentum you create. The more momentum you create the more you will accomplish. Get into activity that will produce high achieving results. As Dave Ramsay says, "gazelle intense."

Here are three top techniques that high achievers use in their chosen profession.

The first strategy is to work faster. Pick up your pace. Whatever you are working on, beware of your pace that you are working. Do you find yourself working at slower pace with a low energy level or are you working at a high level urgency? Develop a sense of urgency about your day. Get into the do it now habit. Use the ABC priority system. List your tasks that need to be completed for the day and label them with an A, B or C. An A task is something that needs to be finished today. Work only on the A tasks before moving onto a B or C task. Developing a fast pace is key to becoming a High Achiever.

The second strategy is to work longer and harder. Have you ever said to yourself " I can't get anything done at work"? This is a common frustration. You must resolve that you are going to work harder and be focused all day long. If you find yourself being interrupted by other co-workers simply use the phrase "back to work." Schedule two hours everyday without interruptions. Start an hour earlier, and stay an hour later.

How to Get a Job Selling Cars

I spent most of my 45 year career in the car business, first as a salesperson, then a leasing manager, sales trainer and general sales manager. Over that time, I interviewed and hired hundreds of salespeople. Within this article, I will share what I looked for in candidates and what traits were absolutely necessary in someone before I would hire them. The car business can be a wonderful and financially rewarding career if you get it right. Here are my best "Top 10 Tips" for getting hired.

Although this article refers to the car business, if I were interviewing and hiring for any other serious selling or servicing position, very little, if any advice given here would change.

Tip #1: Display plenty of passion, not for cars, but for serving people's needs. I didn't care if someone told me they liked cars or not. My primary concern was always that my customers were served at the highest levels. This would always result in selling many more vehicles. Beyond your product knowledge, your passion for vehicles has no value to your customers.

Tip #2: Research your prospective employer. When you know things about the business you wish to work for, interviewers are impressed that you took time to research the company. It shows you care about someone other than yourself.

Tip #3: Research the products you wish to sell. This is along the same line as the above point. It shows constructive effort on your part and shows interviewers that you are capable of learning. Get online and learn the product line up. Preparedness will often be rewarded with a job offer.

Tip #4: Remember, job experience isn't necessarily a prerequisite. In the car business, there are plenty of under-achievers that drift from one dealership to another. As a sales manager, I regularly hired passionate people who were brand new to the industry. They didn't have loads of bad habits to unlearn. A lot of managers