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Value Begets Value
| Guest post by: Susan Popoola |
Article Overview: This article explores the value that we place on people
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Value Begets Value
I don’t typically watch Action category movies, but years back I
watched the Rambo movies and although I can’t remember much of the
story lines there is a particular scene from Rambo II that I have never
forgotten. It’s a scene where Sylvester Stallone a.k.a. Rambo is in a
boat with a young Vietnamese lady.
The lady asked Rambo why he
was sent on the mission that he was on. He replied - “because I’m
expendable.” The lady not understanding asked him what expendable
means to which he responded - “it’s like someone invites you to a party
and you don’t show up, but it doesn’t really matter”. During a later
stage in the film, Rambo was about to embark on a dangerous part of his
mission. As he sets of the lady called out to him and told him “Rambo,
you’re not expendable”
The truth is no one should be seen as
expendable as every human being is of intrinsic value. Whether at
work, home or play there is a need to understand what individuals
unique talents are in order to tap into them. However, there is
additional a more general value that everyone offers that can be tapped
into with minimal effort.
I was reminded of this recently when I
bumped into an old friend that I hadn’t seen for quite some time. She
told me that she hadn’t been very well and had therefore been compelled
to take some time off work. On the first day that she went back to
work she still felt quite drained and so her manager sent her off to
see the organisation’s Occupational Psychologist. It was agreed that
in order to accommodate her, that she should leave work a couple of
hours early over the subsequent few weeks (with full pay) in order to
enable her to fully recover.
I also had a conversation with a
manager in a school who had an employee in a similar situation. He
allowed her to work from home one day a week in order to prevent her
from relapsing. In many ways these employers were making pragmatic
decisions to prevent a situation whereby they ended up with employees
who were not able to work to full capacity over extended periods. After
all an employee whose health is not 100% is unlikely to be able to work
to 100% capacity anyway. Besides if an employee under such
circumstances is to push himself/herself to hard, he/she could end up
going of sick again. Some employers in a similar situations would
however, not want to provide their employees with such support for fear
that things would be taken for granted.
The truth, however is
that for most people just as for my friend, such actions by employers
make people feel valued and when they feel that they are valuable to
their employers they tend to want to work that much harder to add value
to the organisations. Besides which they become the biggest advocates
for the organisation.
Susan Popoola
Conning Towers
HR Transformation & Talent Management
Leveraging the Power of People
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2011 This document is the specific intellectual property of the Conning
Towers Consultancy. Content may not be reused or reproduced without the
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About the Author: Susan Popoola RSS for Susan's articles - Visit Susan's website Corporate Talent Management is central to Conning Towers offering, which is based on years of experience in Human Resources; Change Management; Community Engagement; Education Systems and work with young people. Using this vast experience Conning Towers works with Organisations, Institutes and Government Bodies to research, create and implement strategies to ensure the effective and efficient development and engagement of the Local and Global Talent offered by all within communities with a focus on young people. These strategies are implemented for the mutual benefit of individuals, communities and organisations alike with a dual consciousness of profitability and social responsibility. See my full profile on LinedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/SusanPopoola Click here to visit Susan's website   Developing a Skilled Workforce for the Upturn The Importance of Succession Planning Value Begets Value Free Labour but is it right The Problems with Change Projects |
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