In a neo-industrial age our source of employment can easily trickle into all the pools of our lives. Whether we need to manage relationships with friends, families or other business ventures it may become necessary to say "No."
Especially during a recession, there is a divergent attitude between effectiveness and loyalty. Just because an employee agrees to do everything that is forwareded to them does not adjudicate him or her as effective. In fact, a leader is often interested in focusing on the larger vision and delegating the routine tasks to others. It is actually this sign that may point out which employee has room to develop into an executive.
Regardless of the obligations which one has to an office the sole relationship is productivity and profit. In fact, this is most evident when there are layoffs or a round of terminations. It is mind boggling how quickly all of those "tight" relationships formed over conference calls and coffee disappear.
Even more distressing, most of the benefits (health insurance included)evaporate in the blink of an eye.
We live in an age where salaried employment can creat many conflicts. Routinely, there are conversations within offices of employees trying to reschedule childrens christenings, reunions and doctors appointments because the office is simply "too busy." Fascinating, then, that when we are trying to schedule vacation time (removing one of the pegs from the office for a period of time) all of the urgent tasks still manage to get done.
An effective employee will focus on those items, each day, which present themselves as most urgent or are opportunities for relationship building that may not present themselves again.
