“Do you work at a place where your contributions are valued?”
“Is there a good sense of teamwork?”
“Are you the shining light?”
“Did you create enough value for the company?”
“Does your boss think you did a good job?”
If the answer is a “no”, sorry, you ain’t treated with respect.
Sadly, one of the places that we often feel the least celebrated is at ‘work’. There are ups and downs in every organisation, but when you know you’re making a positive contribution, it makes you celebrate and when you know you’re here for no good and just tolerated, you need to move!
“If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree.’’ If you feel grumpy while you’re at work, it is evident that you aren’t happy.
You watch others get the promotion, you are not given the raise you deserve, you are excluded when it comes to taking responsibility, and you are not getting the recognition you believe you deserve. All this is because you aren’t making your achievements recognized.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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