Key Attributes for Success in the Workplace

Professional employees should have at least three characteristics. First, they should take responsibility by owning up to the choices that they have made. Second, they should show initiative by completing tasks without being told.  Third, they should share credit with other employees when a job or task is completed well.  When the whole team is happy, then the boss is happy.  Employees who have these characteristics are bound to do well. (Ritter & Joseph, 2014)

            Taking responsibility is extremely important because it shows ownership of actions. Employers will frown upon those who happily take responsibility during good times but quickly pass the blame when mistakes are made.  Such behaviors of passing off responsibility could take a toll on employees’ integrity in the workplace. (Ritter, 2014)

            Showing initiative is crucial to being professional because employers will not always list every task or objective that needs to be completed.  When employees show initiative, they prove that they can focus on assigned tasks and go above and beyond what is expected.  Employers are then free to work on other objectives without having to worry about the job getting done. (Joseph, 2014)

            Sharing the credit is another key component to being professional because it builds morale within the company.  Building morale promotes a cohesive team atmosphere.  Employees who take all the credit for success fail to recognize the importance of teamwork.  Professional employees should try to build up those around them in order to produce synergy.

Employees must take responsibility, show initiative, and share credit among their co-workers to be professionals.  These characteristics will impress employers and raise morale within a company.  If employees do these things in harmony, it will create an extremely effective and successful environment.

References

Joseph, C. (2014). 10 Characteristics of professionalism. Retrieved October 1, 2014, from smallbusiness.chron.com: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/10-characteristics-
professionalism-708.html

Ritter, B. A. (n.d.). Ten qualities of a valuable employee. Retrieved from http://rcg.org/youth/articles/0412-tqoave.html