Janson Competence! Show Performance & Skills

Incl. Bonus - Boost your career with strategies & communication for a secured promotion, learn manipulation techniques rhetoric & psychology for employees
8. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-96596-403-7
Verlag: Best of HR
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E-Book, Englisch, 180 Seiten

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Because whoever wants to rise in companies and make a career nowadays must quickly realize: Performance alone is not enough. At the latest when that colleague, of all people, who always attracts attention in meetings by speaking out of turn, passes them by for promotion, this becomes clear even to the most diligent worker bees from the broom closet office. In fact, it is essential for one's career to always put oneself in the right light and make one's achievements visible. But visibility alone is not enough: How do you convince superiors of your own qualities and abilities? How do you communicate your career ambitions correctly? How do you manage your colleagues who have been your equals up to now? And how do you deal with the competitive situation in your own team? This book shows the best ways to make it work with the promotion and gives many practical tips for career-ambitioned people. Good luck and have fun reading.
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Janson, Simone

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Working at the performance limit or more visibility in the company?
// By Simone Janson

Just down a gear, only half as much gas at work and so relaxed reach the goal, unfortunately, only the least of us. At the same time we have it in our own hands how much we work. Do not you believe? Then you should read on here.

Downshifting - only good, not perfect!

"Anything that is not one hundred and ten percent is not good!" Your secret credo? Is that right for you? You are not alone in this: for most perfectionists, good is not good enough. All that counts is outstanding performance.

With yourself - and also with others. This is great for your company - just not for your career and your life! So it's time to shift down a gear and let five be straight - downshifting.

The diligent bees of every company

Of course, every boss is happy about perfectionists: they are the hard-working bees of every company.

You don't really have to tell them that you should do your job well: you basically do more than you should - and usually until you sacrifice yourself. Because your yardstick for when performance is really high is pretty high.

Everything has to be perfect?

This attitude clearly speaks of a tendency to simplify. But think about it: there are certainly things in your life that are not XNUMX percent - and still good. For example, the colleague whose casual manner you sometimes get annoyed with? And aren't you having so much fun at work because he sees things a little more loosely?

Or the meeting last week: the boss actually wanted to discuss something completely different. But then some very good ideas came up spontaneously and in the end the distribution system was significantly improved. With a little thought, you will probably come up with many such examples, all of which are not XNUMX percent, but still good! Because: If you don't do something perfectly, it doesn't mean that you are doing it incorrectly or sloppyly. It depends on the right measure.

Work until you drop

Let's take a closer look at Irene's example: There is hardly an evening when she leaves the office before 22 p.m. Today is the important sales presentation for tomorrow's meeting. “It has to be perfect,” said the boss.

And Irene knows: If she makes even one small mistake, the boss will get mad. Therefore, Irene reads through the finished Power Point slides for the twentieth time: Perhaps blue stands out better from red than green in the graphics and maybe she should change the color again? And wouldn't a “however” at the beginning of a sentence be better than a “but”?

Just don't risk anything - the naked fear

There is no way she wants to risk her boss having another choleric attack. The last one is still in her bones. "But I deserved that too, after all, I was slouching there," Irene blames herself. Because Irene was annoyed with the boss. For years she'd worn herself out and worked till she dropped - and then she'd been passed over in a promotion.

The boss found that she was not qualified for a management position and that she was better suited for the current task. The department was headed by a colleague who, in Irene's eyes, is a babbler. “Then I don't need to exert myself any more,” she had thought angrily and was a very perfectionist black-and-white thinker, always wanting to give 110 percent from one extreme, to the other: files were left lying around, customers were not called back and Irene often came late in the morning or left early.

Selfishness or self-care?

The boss was very upset when he heard this: “Your behavior is anti-social. That's just not how good people behave, ”he roared angrily. He didn't even have to threaten a warning or dismissal, Irene was immediately afraid; she switched back to the usual perfectionism gear and even stepped up a gear: no one should have anything to complain about from now on, especially the boss. “I'll do everything I can to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again,” Irene promised.

Unfortunately, she completely ignored the fact that her body would not be able to cope with this in the long run. Only last week she fell asleep in the office, completely exhausted. And three days ago a colleague pointed out a big mistake that the overworked Irene had simply overlooked. “That would have caused trouble again. Under no circumstances should something like that happen again! " Irene takes on herself and wants to make even more effort in the future ...

Why the working bee does not become a queen

Do you recognize one or the other from your everyday work? Irene's story is typical of many perfectionists in companies: they do incredible things, work until they drop - and there is no recognition.

On the contrary, if you do make a mistake, you will be criticized immediately because bosses are not used to mistakes by their perfectionists. Unfair. Or? Unfortunately, these worker bees overlook some crucial factors that are far more important to performance than performance.

Career factor self-expression

First of all, there is self-expression. What do incredible workloads and top performances bring if the boss doesn't even notice it or has even gotten used to the fact that you are always so good?

Therefore, you should not only work until you drop, but also communicate it appropriately to the outside - like a company that cannot only invest in the development of a new product, in the hope that it will sell itself. Advertising is at least as important - even if that makes perfectionistic nature difficult to understand.

Productivity career factor

Another common misconception of many perfectionists: more effort equals more productivity. With their high standards, people like Irene then literally whip themselves to peak performance. This makes them extremely productive at first and may even work for a limited period of time. However, stress only makes you physically more productive, and only for a while, while it hinders clear thinking. However, you can probably confirm from your own everyday life that many mistakes happen in stressful situations.

Hasn't it already happened to you that you were nervous about an important meeting or presentation - and you promptly poured coffee on your pants? Or did you have to finish something quickly on the computer, press the wrong key in a hurry - and the whole file was gone? Some days everything even seems to go wrong. Please don't look for excuses like "wrong footed" now. Hustle and bustle and the associated inattention are very often to blame for such mishaps. Pay attention once!

Career factor leadership

If you want to advance, not only technical knowledge and motivation count, but also leadership skills. At least the boss who is supposed to promote you must be convinced that you have some. Irish boss, for example, is not convinced.

He notices that Irene achieves a lot, but also that she is mainly driven by the fear of making a mistake. The driving force behind their actions is not the joy of work, the positive, forward-looking “wanting to create something”, but pressure and fear. The problem, however, is that fearful people are given less competence, less respect for them, and less responsibility - which is why Irene was passed over in the promotion.

Career factor critical ability

But how is the boss supposed to have respect when Irene crouches anxiously in his chair in front of him during a critical discussion and demonstrates to him through her body language that she is not ready for managerial tasks?

It would be much better if Irene confidently dealt with the criticism and showed next time that she learned from it how to do it better. But perfectionists like Irene are so afraid of the criticism that if they do something wrong, they will do everything they can to make no mistakes. However, as Irene's example also shows, this noble goal can only be achieved in the rarest of cases. On the contrary, the pursuit of perfection often has an adverse effect.

Lower the bar

So it doesn't do much good for your career to always want to meet the highest demands. You can switch back a tooth with a clear conscience and lower your personal bar a little. Even if you may find it difficult at the beginning:

It doesn't always have to be 200 percent - often good or just average performances are completely sufficient. And for that, you, yes you yourself, should simply lower the bar for your performance.

I decide what is good enough!

But what is good? When do you know if a performance is good enough if nobody tells you that? The simple answer: You decide - all by yourself! Of course you will now object: "But the boss is putting pressure on me to achieve top performance." Let's be honest: If it were up to most bosses, you could work around the clock and rarely hear a word of praise. So don't wait for the boss to tell you that you can work less, but set the standard yourself.

Of course, you have a certain number of tasks to perform every day. But ultimately it is up to you how much time you spend on the individual work and how perfectly you do it. It's not about suddenly becoming sloppy, as happened to Irene at times; it is enough to lower your own bar just a few centimeters to still achieve good results with less effort.

Less performance: sounds simple, is complicated

But when you're a die-hard perfectionist, it's not that easy. So it is of little use to hear from others that you can leave one five straight. How often have you wiped such assurances off the table as pure lip service? “The colleague thinks it's okay? Pah, he's only happy when I make a mistake! "

And even if it was the supervisor who...