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Hub You - 10 Ways to Get Fired: Decisions That May Cost You the Corner Office
What are the debtor’s assets?How can I determine what the debtor owns? First, you must determine what are the assets of the debtor. This basically means- If the debtor does not have cash, what do they own and could be sold to make up the amount that the debtor owes on their debt?Below is a check list for conducting an asset search.Historical Financial Standing __ Up & Down __ Steady __ TragedyCurrent Financial Standing __ Job Status __ IFM Job Status __ Windfalls __ Home StatusFuture Financial Standing Tax Refund Job Bonus Commission Check Settlement Big Sale Family Health Moving Birth DeathWhat assets are available to the debtor? Motor Vehicles Boats / Watercraft P
Swear to Tell the Truth
Are you a person of your word? Are you accountable to the commitments you make and miss? Do you safeguard confidential or sensitive information? Your integrity defines your reputation. Lack of integrity now carries a hefty fine and jail time--CEO’s are not excluded.
What is Your Standard?
Like integrity, work quality is a reflection of you. Not only can you be fired for poor work quality, you can also find it hard to secure a job. In some cases, work quality correlates directly with academic background. When work quality lacks production is decreased. Employers would prefer to fire you than lose time and money.
High Net Worth
Value to expense ratio relates to how much value an employer realizes relative to the expenses incur
It is important to know in business where money is coming in and where it is going out. As such, accounting is one of the most vital processes in any business. It is even more important than developing products and selling. The management of the flow of revenues and expenditures is what ultimately makes a business fail or succeed.Accounting is simply called the language of business. The requirements of every business may vary, but the general requirements of a business like collecting, classifying, reporting and analyzing of financial data is what constitutes the crux of accounting.An enterprising businessman always looks for opportunities to make accounting simple. Without proper accounting process, your prospering business can take an unexpecte
1. Academic background
2. Acquisitions and Mergers
3. Attitude
4. Conflicts of interest
5. Failure to comply
6. Improper use of technology, company property/supplies
7. Inconsistency
8. Lack of Integrity
9. Quality of work
10. Value to Expense ratio
Are you a life-long learner?
Having an MBA or advanced degree is now preferred to an undergraduate degree. Employees who do not proactively continue their education or develop new skill sets are more inclined to atrophy on the job. Knowledge is not power unless you know what to do with it. If you fail to increase your knowledge base and skill set, you will succeed at getting fired.
All for One
Although downsizing still occurs, acquisitions and mergers is the latest trend to result in layoffs and firings. Retail, financial services, and healthcare/pharmaceutical companies are the likely candidates. Out of all the reasons for being fired, an acquisition or merger is least humiliating because blame shifts from an employee’s performance to an employer’s preference.
Does your attitude stink?
It is not uncommon for an employer to fire an exceptionally talented employee to retain one who is mildly talented and has a positive attitude. Attitude determines more than altitude, it determines how far people are willing to defend and work with you in the face of opposition.
Mind your Business
Conflicts of interest that publicly disgrace a company, unnerve shareholders, diminish brand value or result in litigation are grounds for termination. If a night or second job, an explicit social life, or inappropriate relationships are a hindrance you become a risk that few companies are willing to take.
Who’s the Boss?
Been insubordinate lately? Do you fail to follow-through or disregard procedures often? Working with an uncooperative employee is frustrating and time-consuming. Coupled with a bad attitude, being insubordinate will ensure pink slip distribution or an escorted walk out the front door.
Minor Technicalities
Facebook, MySpace, and Weblogs are not just creative ways to stay in touch, meet new friends, or provide helpful information. Along with Google, current and prospective employers use web portals to cross reference employees and prospects. Many companies also monitor desk and laptop usage of e-mails and web searches. Companies more apt to do frequent checks of website activity, include those with trade secrets to protect. If you lack discretion in your World Wide Web interactions and use of company property, it is likely that you will also lack discretion in other areas that could be a detriment to your company. Personal, illegal or X-rated web activity is grounds for termination as is for example, using office equipment/supplies at home.
Can I Lean on You?
Every employer wants and needs a reliable employee who does not have to be told what to do; is available, and likely to follow through. Taking time to correct often or double-check work is costly. So is having “the ball” dropped at a critical moment.
Swear to Tell the Truth
Are you a person of your word? Are you accountable to the commitments you make and miss? Do you safeguard confidential or sensitive information? Your integrity defines your reputation. Lack of integrity now carries a hefty fine and jail time--CEO’s are not excluded.
What is Your Standard?
Like integrity, work quality is a reflection of you. Not only can you be fired for poor work quality, you can also find it hard to secure a job. In some cases, work quality correlates directly with academic background. When work quality lacks production is decreased. Employers would prefer to fire you than lose time and money.
High Net Worth
Value to expense ratio relates to how much value an employer realizes relative to the expenses incurr
Your clients are the backbone of your business. You can't afford to lose even one of them so you must concentrate on building solid relationships. Relationships with fellow business owners and your employees are equally important. Building strong business relationships creates stability for your business because you are able to give more personalized service. Whether you realize it or not, your company's location affects your relationships with others. Here's how renting an executive office suite can help you build great relationships with your clients, business associates, and employees.More Time for the Things that MatterRenting an executive office suite is a solution many businesses are using simply because it saves time and
9. Quality of work
10. Value to Expense ratio
Are you a life-long learner?
Having an MBA or advanced degree is now preferred to an undergraduate degree. Employees who do not proactively continue their education or develop new skill sets are more inclined to atrophy on the job. Knowledge is not power unless you know what to do with it. If you fail to increase your knowledge base and skill set, you will succeed at getting fired.
All for One
Although downsizing still occurs, acquisitions and mergers is the latest trend to result in layoffs and firings. Retail, financial services, and healthcare/pharmaceutical companies are the likely candidates. Out of all the reasons for being fired, an acquisition or merger is least humiliating because blame shifts from an employee’s performance to an employer’s preference.
Does your attitude stink?
It is not uncommon for an employer to fire an exceptionally talented employee to retain one who is mildly talented and has a positive attitude. Attitude determines more than altitude, it determines how far people are willing to defend and work with you in the face of opposition.
Mind your Business
Conflicts of interest that publicly disgrace a company, unnerve shareholders, diminish brand value or result in litigation are grounds for termination. If a night or second job, an explicit social life, or inappropriate relationships are a hindrance you become a risk that few companies are willing to take.
Who’s the Boss?
Been insubordinate lately? Do you fail to follow-through or disregard procedures often? Working with an uncooperative employee is frustrating and time-consuming. Coupled with a bad attitude, being insubordinate will ensure pink slip distribution or an escorted walk out the front door.
Minor Technicalities
Facebook, MySpace, and Weblogs are not just creative ways to stay in touch, meet new friends, or provide helpful information. Along with Google, current and prospective employers use web portals to cross reference employees and prospects. Many companies also monitor desk and laptop usage of e-mails and web searches. Companies more apt to do frequent checks of website activity, include those with trade secrets to protect. If you lack discretion in your World Wide Web interactions and use of company property, it is likely that you will also lack discretion in other areas that could be a detriment to your company. Personal, illegal or X-rated web activity is grounds for termination as is for example, using office equipment/supplies at home.
Can I Lean on You?
Every employer wants and needs a reliable employee who does not have to be told what to do; is available, and likely to follow through. Taking time to correct often or double-check work is costly. So is having “the ball” dropped at a critical moment.
Swear to Tell the Truth
Are you a person of your word? Are you accountable to the commitments you make and miss? Do you safeguard confidential or sensitive information? Your integrity defines your reputation. Lack of integrity now carries a hefty fine and jail time--CEO’s are not excluded.
What is Your Standard?
Like integrity, work quality is a reflection of you. Not only can you be fired for poor work quality, you can also find it hard to secure a job. In some cases, work quality correlates directly with academic background. When work quality lacks production is decreased. Employers would prefer to fire you than lose time and money.
High Net Worth
Value to expense ratio relates to how much value an employer realizes relative to the expenses incur
When it comes to Yellow Page Advertising Companies there is a complete double standard. You see, yellow page advertising sales wraps will come into a company or a business and demand to talk to the owner and immediately engage them in conversation. If they do not respond or if they are with a customer and say one minutes, often the yellow page advertising salesperson will say I only have one time to come to your shop if you want to be in next year's yellow page book you need to talk with me now or set up an appointment.Now comes the kicker, my company operated in 450 cities, 110 markets and 23 states in the business of washing people's cars at their office building. What is amazing to me is that the Yellow Page Advertising Company; yes this is the act
Mind your Business
Conflicts of interest that publicly disgrace a company, unnerve shareholders, diminish brand value or result in litigation are grounds for termination. If a night or second job, an explicit social life, or inappropriate relationships are a hindrance you become a risk that few companies are willing to take.
Who’s the Boss?
Been insubordinate lately? Do you fail to follow-through or disregard procedures often? Working with an uncooperative employee is frustrating and time-consuming. Coupled with a bad attitude, being insubordinate will ensure pink slip distribution or an escorted walk out the front door.
Minor Technicalities
Facebook, MySpace, and Weblogs are not just creative ways to stay in touch, meet new friends, or provide helpful information. Along with Google, current and prospective employers use web portals to cross reference employees and prospects. Many companies also monitor desk and laptop usage of e-mails and web searches. Companies more apt to do frequent checks of website activity, include those with trade secrets to protect. If you lack discretion in your World Wide Web interactions and use of company property, it is likely that you will also lack discretion in other areas that could be a detriment to your company. Personal, illegal or X-rated web activity is grounds for termination as is for example, using office equipment/supplies at home.
Can I Lean on You?
Every employer wants and needs a reliable employee who does not have to be told what to do; is available, and likely to follow through. Taking time to correct often or double-check work is costly. So is having “the ball” dropped at a critical moment.
Swear to Tell the Truth
Are you a person of your word? Are you accountable to the commitments you make and miss? Do you safeguard confidential or sensitive information? Your integrity defines your reputation. Lack of integrity now carries a hefty fine and jail time--CEO’s are not excluded.
What is Your Standard?
Like integrity, work quality is a reflection of you. Not only can you be fired for poor work quality, you can also find it hard to secure a job. In some cases, work quality correlates directly with academic background. When work quality lacks production is decreased. Employers would prefer to fire you than lose time and money.
High Net Worth
Value to expense ratio relates to how much value an employer realizes relative to the expenses incur
I am not going to go into all the individual commercials shown during Superbowl XLI. I am going to mention a few that seemed to show some strategic or executional brilliance, even if these still failed as a whole.Before I go into them, let me make a key introductory point. There are broadly two kinds of advertising claims. Those that are so obviously true that they require no additional support to be accepted by an audience. And those that make a point that is not easy to accept, and require some support to back up the advertising claim.One thing I noticed to be common among virtually all the ads shown at this Superbowl was the seeming inability of the Advertisers and Ad Agencies, to distinguish between these two kinds of advertising. I will
Facebook, MySpace, and Weblogs are not just creative ways to stay in touch, meet new friends, or provide helpful information. Along with Google, current and prospective employers use web portals to cross reference employees and prospects. Many companies also monitor desk and laptop usage of e-mails and web searches. Companies more apt to do frequent checks of website activity, include those with trade secrets to protect. If you lack discretion in your World Wide Web interactions and use of company property, it is likely that you will also lack discretion in other areas that could be a detriment to your company. Personal, illegal or X-rated web activity is grounds for termination as is for example, using office equipment/supplies at home.
Can I Lean on You?
Every employer wants and needs a reliable employee who does not have to be told what to do; is available, and likely to follow through. Taking time to correct often or double-check work is costly. So is having “the ball” dropped at a critical moment.
Swear to Tell the Truth
Are you a person of your word? Are you accountable to the commitments you make and miss? Do you safeguard confidential or sensitive information? Your integrity defines your reputation. Lack of integrity now carries a hefty fine and jail time--CEO’s are not excluded.
What is Your Standard?
Like integrity, work quality is a reflection of you. Not only can you be fired for poor work quality, you can also find it hard to secure a job. In some cases, work quality correlates directly with academic background. When work quality lacks production is decreased. Employers would prefer to fire you than lose time and money.
High Net Worth
Value to expense ratio relates to how much value an employer realizes relative to the expenses incur
Let’s say you’re on a sales call.And in the back of your mind, you don’t care. Which is not to say you’re apathetic. It’s just that you’re relaxed. With yourself. With your product. With your prospect. So, you “don’t care” insofar as you’re not negatively affected by the thought of failure.If I don’t make the sale, no biggie, you think. You do the best you can, be yourself, and if you close the deal, great. If not, it’s cool. Onto the next prospect!So, what often happens?That’s right. You make the sale.Because when you care the least, you do the best.Now let’s say you walk into a bar.And in the back of your mind, you don’t care.Which is not to say you’re being co
Swear to Tell the Truth
Are you a person of your word? Are you accountable to the commitments you make and miss? Do you safeguard confidential or sensitive information? Your integrity defines your reputation. Lack of integrity now carries a hefty fine and jail time--CEO’s are not excluded.
What is Your Standard?
Like integrity, work quality is a reflection of you. Not only can you be fired for poor work quality, you can also find it hard to secure a job. In some cases, work quality correlates directly with academic background. When work quality lacks production is decreased. Employers would prefer to fire you than lose time and money.
High Net Worth
Value to expense ratio relates to how much value an employer realizes relative to the expenses incurred e.g. salary, benefits, bonuses, commission, etc. If your tenure is long and your value is low, you are likely to be among the first to go.
To avoid being fired, set regular goals to make personal improvements. Also, become familiar with company policies. If you believe an action is questionable, talk with your supervisor, an equal employment opportunity officer or human resource representative. If you feel your position will be jeopardized, make an anonymous query and/or follow the appropriate chain of command. Maintain a paper trial of accolades as well as reprimands. Documentation should support your position. If you are a model employee with a clean record and you still get fired, do not dismay. For many, being fired is a good thing. Some examples?
Twanda Joseph is a former Arthur Andersen employee. Joseph’s career took a drastic turn when the firm was indicted for its involvement in the Enron accounting scandal. Today, Joseph is an author, speaker, trainer, talk show host, and president of WiseEffects. Despite putting in considerable time and hard work that yielded $155 million in revenue, Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus were both fired from their jobs at Handy Dan. Today, the founders of Home Depot rank on Forbes’ list of billionaires.
Featured in N'Digo Magazine November 2006
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