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talent
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team building
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Issue #6...
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During our team building work with client
organizations, we've compiled a collection of barriers that we see creating
enormous stress for individuals, blocking performance in teams, and robbing
organizations of productivity.
Each month, one of these barriers will be addressed in
our newsletter.
We'll include some suggestions for breakthrough
thinking to give you ideas for
how you might begin busting through these
barriers.
The pay in this organization makes
no sense at all.
“It doesn’t matter how hard I work, my raise was
pre-determined long ago.”
“They use salary increases to punish people.”
“They think that just because I’m here they can
give me a tiny raise – and I won’t look elsewhere for a job.”
“My salary increases have never reflected my
performance.”
Many of us obsess about the
size of our pay cheques. Of course, salary is important. But if you’ve been
looking at salary as the chief measure of how important you are to the
organization, you will continue to be frustrated.
For example, what’s the
monetary value of an understanding and flexible manager who tells you to work
from home when your child or partner is ill? How do you account for the fact
that the organization pays for you to take training courses? Where do you
factor in such things as extra days off or flexible hours, special employee
discounts, on-site services, co-workers who are caring and supportive, and a
pleasant working environment?
Compensation today is about a
lot more than just salaries. Most organizations do try to pay you what you are
worth. That’s especially true today when there are fewer knowledge workers than
the market requires.
Maybe you feel you are worth
more than you are being paid, but all the organization can afford for that
position is x, no matter who fills it. Here’s what you do: Find ways to
get more value from your time on the job: attend courses; acquire new
skills; express an interest in a lateral promotion.
Be creative … and negotiate
for benefits other than salary. Maybe you want to have your parking paid or a
laptop computer that lets you work outside the office. Maybe you can get an
extra day or two of paid holiday, or a better deal on the company retirement
plan. Think beyond of the net figure on your pay cheque and you’ll find other
benefits that are worth real money to you.
Remember:
Salary is only a small gauge of career
success today.
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