Your Attitude Is Showing: A Primer of Human Relations, Tenth Edition

The Person Management Is Looking for Is

1. someone who strives to work close to her (or his) personal potential regardless of the level at which fellow workers are performing. She is always trying to close her personal productivity gap, even if others are content to do only what they have to in order to keep their jobs. She is self-motivating. She takes a professional approach to her job and gains real satisfaction when she does it well.

2. someone who is never completely satisfied with her personal potential. She believes that she can always improve it a little. She truly believes in lifelong learning. She takes advantage of any training that the company will provide. She continues to read and study on her own. She is always learning more and more ...