The Eight Habits of Effective Employees

A survey of CEOs, business owners, HR directors and frontline managers identified the following eight characteristics as those looked for most often when determining both which employees are worth hiring and those who deserve additional career advancement. These employees tend to:

1. Understand and demonstrate the value they bring to the organization,
2. Have a positive impact on the company, its customers and their colleagues,
3. Embrace and initiate positive change,
4. Communicate openly and directly,
5. Commit to lifelong learning,
6. Deliberately look for opportunities to build their leadership skills,
7. Learn to ask for help when they need it and work with their company on how to solve problems, and
8. Not only work harder but also smarter, faster and better.