Tough times bring tough situations. Workplaces are no different. In times of uncertainty and job cuts, how to enhance performance at the workplace ? has become even more critical. Based on my experience, I believe these three steps will help boost your output at the workplace.
- Establish Positivity vibes: Performance is the result of our mental and emotional states. With depressing News and WhatsApp forwards, at times, we become cynical and hopeless about things at the workplace too, which further deteriorates our performance. In such a case, It is essential to draw positivity around you to keep these states vital. Reading self-help books, watching inspiring movies, doing what you love most, or even conversation with your mentor can bring back that shot of positivity, which is required to catapult your performance at the workplace to the next level.
- Focus on output, not just efforts. In tough times, people tend to overwork and try to show how busy they are and how much midnight oil they are burning. Working on weekends and taking work home becomes new normal. This habit would kill your ability to work hard and will have ill effects on your health. Better to focus on output rather than efforts. Output means meeting expectations of customers for whom your work will matter. Understanding customers and their needs is a smart way of planning your job. This clarity would bring down your efforts considerably, and you can achieve your desired output too. Effective communication is the key to enhance your job output.
- Learn to unlearn to relearn- With continuous change in the environment around, keeping abreast with the latest is quintessential for effectiveness at the job. We must make sincere efforts to learn new skills on our own, rather than waiting for the organization to create learning opportunities. New Language, new technology, New methods, and New proficiency will boost your confidence and enhance your competitiveness. As you will move up the ladder, learning behavioral science becomes even more critical. Efforts to learn concepts of Psychology, Anthropology, Organisation behavior will be a new addition to your quiver of competencies.
These three steps can help to improve your performance in difficult times, such as now. We must sincerely make efforts to enhance our capabilities without losing focus on the end goal. Self-belief and positivity will sail you through this time. All the best.
