What is holding your career back from progress 3?

In my last post, I mentioned the lack of flexibility or adaptability to changes in a company as one of the reasons why many people get stuck with their careers. Today, we are going to look at another factor that also causes the same problem. That is lack of identification with your company. 

     Lack of identification with your organization is a big career killer. This is especially true for someone eyeing to occupy executive position. Remember that the most important information in a resume for executive hiring is a well-documented result achieved in your former organization, or what is called is called the value added to it, and consequently, what you can bring to the new oganization. Your education and experience are considered basic requirement for entry level positions. Organizations want to know what you can bring to the their institutions that will make justify them paying you such a high salary. Your achievement is determined by your ability to identify yourself with the organization and can motivate others too. 

     This is a concept that many people do not understand. Identifying yourself with an organization means considering it as your own. That means you should do everything you can to make it succeed as you would do if it were your own company. However, the element that will make you do it effectively is your understanding of the company's vision. Your Company's vision must be aligned with your vision in order to be fully engaged. The irony is that some workers do not know their companies' mission statement, not to talk about their vision. 

     In order to get what you want from a company, you must first understand what the company wants from you! It then follows that if you give the company what it wants, you will receive what you want. As simple as that. This is the guiding principle from making any business profitable. In other words, this is the principle on which wealth creation is based. No company can give you an excellent career opportunity unless you are highly productive to it. 

     Therefore, if you want to have an excellent career opportunity in an organization, you must understand its vision and ask yourself what you can do to reach that vision. Think about this!