Today we live in a world that is dependent on talented employees. Yes, it is true that all the employees out there possess the same set of skills or knowledge. They might not even perform the same way life all the employees do, but, there are some common qualities found in those employees who are high-performing.
To prepare an effective list of common qualities found in talented employees, we had spent quite some time collecting information from experienced hiring managers, team leaders, and career development experts. The most important thing is that they all ended up mentioning the same set of qualities.
1. Good communication skills
2. Workaholic
3. Humble
4. Believes in teamwork
5. Ready to embrace the change
6. Has a positive approach to every aspect of life
7. Always open to feedback and criticism
8. Possess all the leadership qualities
9. Self-managed
10. Honest
Like I mentioned above, all these 10 qualities were found in the high-performing employee at different industries.
1. Good communication skills
A good communication skill is not only about how fluent you speak a specific language; it is about how well you can express yourself at the right time. A good employee with excellent communication skill always communicates with their team leaders, co-workers, and their managers. They always succeed in passing down the information and expressing their ideas and opinions. A good employee is also an excellent listener and he/she can understand what they hear or what they read. So, a good employee is always a good communicator and listener.
2. Workaholic
Workaholic actually refers to being hard-working when it comes to employment. A good employee is always ready to work hard to achieve his/her target. Some people often mistake hard-working and workaholic quality as practically working for long hours, but it always does not mean that a hard-working or a workaholic employee should work for long hours or do overtime. It is about how effective he/she can be within the time allocated. There are two ways of doing things, one just doing it for the namesake and the other doing it because you like it. For both, the results would be the same, but, the time required and perfection could be the best in the second type.
3. Humble
Being arrogant in a workplace is as important as the work itself. Nobody likes an arrogant person who keeps bragging about their accomplishments. Majority of the employers out there would prefer to have employees who will prove their skills and value through hard-work and dedication rather than through words.
4. Believes in teamwork
A good employee always understands and accepts the fact that companies succeed when employees combine their skills, knowledge, and outlook. Most of the companies prefer to have people who are ready to work with a team. To work with a team, the employee should have patience, tolerance, and above all good social skills. Apart from these personal qualities he/she shouldunderstand that teamwork has an advantage of getting work done faster, chances of errors could be less, relation with co-workers improve, and each team member can gain more knowledge from each person on the team.
5. Ready to embrace the change
The employee should be ready to embrace the change actually means that he/she should be flexible. A good employee always adapt to the environment and situation in an industry rather than complaining and finding fault. He/she should be able to adapt to the company’s culture and should do it at the least time.
6. Has a positive approach to every aspect of life
Generally, most people do not like being around with people who are pessimistic, unhappy, and negative. Whatever, the situation is, a positive approach to the situation is contagious. This type of approach can easily light up the workplace. A positive approach to every situation enhances the problem-solving skills, every employer prefers to have an employee with a positive approach towards every situation and they know such personalities have higher problem-solving skills. To be frank, the more positive the employee is the more problem-solving skills he/she possess. The more problems he/she solves the more precious they are to the organization or company.
7. Always open to feedback and criticism
A good employee is always open to feedback and criticism. He/she knows that such feedbacks and criticism helps them learn, this, in turn, helps them grow. People who are open to feedback and criticism are self-motivated and they can always laugh at themselves, admit vulnerabilities. Such people are highly persistent and they always try to keep updating their knowledge without any hesitation and laziness.
8. Possess all the leadership qualities
A good employee possesses great leadership qualities and a great leadership quality starts with self-confidence. People with such qualities are always preferred by the employers, as they can be left alone with works. A person with great leadership qualities will possess all the above-mentioned qualities and who would not want such a person as their employee.
9. Self-managed
Being self-managed and disciplined is one of the greatest qualities in a high-performing employee. Every employer prefers such people as their employee because self-managed people tend to work hard and improvises on the instructions given to them. They need not be told what is expected of him/her. He/she is always cautions about saving the employers precious money and time.
10. Honest
All the above-mentioned qualities are common in a high performing employee, but without honesty he/she is incomplete. A good employee is always honest and transparent, and he/she understands that honesty and transparency is the two side of the same coin and transparency enhances the environment, which in turn, makes the co-workers happy.
These are the 10 qualities found in a high performing employee and these are the qualities an employer expects in an employee. Each and every quality in this list is very important, if you feel like you lack these qualities, work hard to cultivate these qualities and be successful in your life.
Thank you.
Santosh Kumar is a Professional SEO and Blogger, With the help of this blog he is trying to share top 10 lists, facts, entertainment news from India and all around the world.