Why Can’t Talented Employees Demonstrate Their Potential?
If you think you show poor performance, you’re probably right because very few people are 100% motivated at work for long periods. In fact, even if we think we are making full use of our abilities, this is probably a one-sided thought, because most of the time there is little overlap between what people think of their performance and how they actually perform. The reason for this is actually seeing an employee as merely talent. However, an employee should be perceived as a whole with feelings, preferences and tendencies as well as their abilities. There is a very interesting article about this topic on HBR. According to the author of the article, most people don’t do their best after working for more than six months(honeymoon period) at a job. Let’s take a look at these reasons.
Mismatching
The first reason is that the position and the candidate do not match correctly. Organizational psychologists call this “person-work-fit” and is determined by measuring the degree of conformity between a person’s attitudes, values, abilities, and tendencies and the characteristics of the job, role, and organization. At this point, the most important thing is that the candidate questions every single detail about the job and the company before accepting a job. Therefore, we need to ask many questions to the consultant who conducts the job interviews and ask whatever we have in our mind about the company, job, working conditions and company culture. Also the employer should analyze the candidate and consultants make deeper conversations except candidates written skills.
Failure to Establish Connection
Most of us have heard the saying that there is no right job, there is the right manager. There is no doubt that one of the biggest reasons for losing our motivation in a job is the lack of leadership skills of our manager. When we lose our motivation, it is only a matter of time before our bond to work is damaged. You might consider changing jobs as a solution in this situation, but even if you can’t leave your manager, there are some proven tricks that can increase your loyalty and therefore your performance. For instance; making time to learn about topics you are curious about can make your work more meaningful, or it will be highly motivating to connect with colleagues and nurturing the interpersonal side of the job.
Personal Conditions
One of the most important reasons is that people can not maintain the balance between work and life. In today’s business world, thanks to the blessings of technology, working almost 24/7 or at least staying in touch is still a matter imposed by most managers. As a result of this, maintaining motivation is a very difficult situation for employees and the low-motivated employees can not perform their full potential, and a vicious circle has begun..
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