79. The Workers’ Seven Deadly Sins Can Kill Your Career
A colleague told me that she had had to fire one of her employees because he hadn’t shown any initiative in her fast-paced, creative work environment.
I thought about this for a moment and responded that he had committed one of the Workers’ Seven Deadly Sins—the career-killing work traits that get employees ignored, not promoted, or even fired.
In today’s workplace, it’s not enough simply to perform your job at an acceptable level—you want to be seen as a valuable and vital employee. You want to become someone with whom others want to work. Ask yourself if you exhibit any of the boldface traits below, and resolve to eliminate them if you do:
1. Not showing initiative. Are you trying new ...
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