Is Your Manager Bugging Out?

A sure sign that your manager is under excessive stress is when the words revenue, profit and productivity creep more frequently into his conversation.

In a perfect world you go out into the field, utilize the skills and knowledge that you are continuously learning, communicate what you are doing with your customer, either suggest ways in which your company can help them or communicate with your salespeople to do this and communicate with your operations department both your status and the customer’s. In a perfect world you take care of the resources that your company gives  you to do your job. In a perfect world you take care of your health and your appearance.

In a perfect world, with as much as you have control over, when the above is happening, revenue, profit and productivity are happening.

Today’s economy is placing unwanted stress on everyone. There is more to a company being successful than the relationship between you, your customer and your operations department. But this is the part that involves you and it is a part of the equation that you have control over. Take aim on the perfect world scenario described above. Give your manager a reason not to drag you into a cause for his stress. At the least, if your manager and company owners are not taking care of business, you’ll be improving your marketability to other owners who are.