Never quit, if you want to grow in a company

Today getting a good job is not a big deal but yes, getting a right job is off course an issue which cannot be ignored. Similarly, joining an organization, learning the job, performing the duty with dedication, honesty, hard work and sincerity; giving our 100% to the company with mind, body and soul and also growing with the company, would be the right approach in a professional career. There are two types of employees in any organization, the first one, who stay in a company, perform their duty as instructed and advised by the management and the second  one are those employees who wants to grow in a company, think out of  the box and do things in a non-conventional way, which in return makes  them an extra ordinary employees  and  great performers in the company. We have many such examples in our corporate world today:

1) Ms. Chanda D. Kochhar - MD+CEO - ICICI Bank, Mumbai

2) Mr. Manoj Kohli - JMD+CEO of Bharti Airtel, New Delhi

3) Mr. Rajiv Sinha-DMD of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd., Delhi  

4) Mr. Sanjay Chamaria - VC+MD of Magma Fincorp Ltd., Kolkata

Each and every one of the above mentioned senior professionals have given their golden period of  life to the company which developed and progressed with their sweat, blood,  hard work and passion.  They  have always worked with honesty, dedication, and performed within the company's policies, rules  and regulations without disturbing it's culture and environment;  at the same time maintaining a very high standard of moral with a very strong personality and doing things in an ethical and right mannerism; sincerely achieving company's short term and long term targets; strictly following corporate policies  without any deviation and/or dilution,  putting  sincere efforts, hard work and keeping strong belief  in corporate mission  and policies. They were not 9-AM to 5-PM types of employees and many a times they have sacrificed on their personal front and that too with their own will, so that they can  be with the company at the time of the crises and also during the most difficult period due to external reasons. 

In their up-hill task and professional journey, they were supported by their family and friends who stood  by them through out their long, difficult  and pain staking journey; at the end of the day when they come back home with job satisfaction, lots of pride, peace and sense of satisfaction of a true, honest  and dedicated employee. In return, they were rewarded and appreciated by their Employer/Owner/Promoter/Stake-holder/Director with  lots of Money, Position, Perks, Fame, Stock options and  they also earned high respect from their  Clients, Colleagues, Corporate world, Employers,  Family, Friends, Society and Vendors 

We sometimes get impatient with our own position and simply quit from our existing job/position for some silly reason/problem and for small monetary benefits due to lack of clear vision and foresight. In such cases our excuses were so illogical, irrational, unprofessional and selfish.  Our  sheer ambition also becomes a hindrance on the way to success in our career path and forced us to simply jump from one company to another  for short term gains and by virtue of this  unprofessional act,  we  always put our wrong foot forward and land up in mid-term career crises, which further bring us down by thousands of feet in our career goal. Later, when we sit back and think about our past deeds, we make fool of ourselves with such stupid and unprofessional act, which has directly effected our career growth.

For any successful career one needs to work  with lots of planning, clear vision,  define goals,  well planned road map, hard-work,  honesty, determination, dedication, positive out-look, patience and  thereafter, we can achieve our predetermined career targets and goals without any major problem.

There is no shortcut to success, and if we have to achieve our professional and personal goals, we must stick to one company provided we are wanted there and treated well as a good human being without any prejudice, partiality and preference. We, therefore, must be dedicated and  committed  towards our company; at the same time, we should also take an Oath, (like Doctors and Army personnel does at the time of joining) to work for the company whole-heartedly till the last day of our retirement with the same zeal, dedication, hard work and passion;  come what may, we will  never quit/resign. We must think in a broader  prospect and work in an organization as a  team-member and make our company goals and targets as our own personal goal and target and put our right foot forward to achieve them first.

To  do so,  we will have to put-in lots of hard work and many a times sacrifice our family life for better and secured future for our loved-ones; to be honest, at the end of the day, it's  a win-win situation for both of us and we must come forward and do it with our sincere efforts, dedication, determination and single-mindedness, so that all the preset professional goals can be achieved without any difficulty. We would be the happiest person, if on arrival at home, (after attending the late evening marathon meeting at HO), our loved ones welcome us with a broad smile.

With Prayers

Gurcharan