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Add You - The Silent Assassin - What to Do When They Visit You?
We are known for what we do rather than what we are. This is an unfortunate reality but one has to accept it. Getting a job is not that simple, but before that the most important thing is knowing what sort of job you are capable of doing and want to do.First up, consider and revise the goals you have set for yourself. If you don't have any then make some. Be sure about what you want to achieve and only then can you pursue it. When considering what type of job you want, think about your weaknesses and strengths and then look for a job that suits you best.The next step is to make a list of all the companies/organizations that you want to apply to. Having done that, it is time to wr
• Have you a higher employee turnover than is normal for your industry
• Have you received requests from departments’ employees in particular for employees to be transferred to another department?
• Lack of team work and working together
• Increased friction
• Increased absenteeism
• Decreased productivity
• Decreased profits despite good sales
• Excessive customer complaints
• Increased ‘grapevine’ and rumour
The balance in potential business income is easy to understand, but hard to nail. If you provide a service that only requires one visit per customer or one visit every few years, you need to charge a rather high price just to keep yourself out of the unemployment line. But if you have a service or product that customers will constantly want or need, you can charge low because you know they will be back the next day or the next week.The best franchise opportunities to get into are the ones that can possibly serve each customer every day. Fast food vendors top the lists every time. Subway, McDonalds and the like actually have repeat customers on a daily basis. Janitorial services are
There are a group of people in the community that will some time in their career visit your business; the silent assassin.
The silent assassin displays all the qualities of a serial killer as they silently wreck havoc in your business through unrest, sabotage, bullying and non-productivity.
Modus Operandi
The silent assassin is a work of art! They stalk their victim/s purposely as they maintain an outward veneer of respectability towards management and those that have authority. They often undermine your business and wreck the careers of other employees through a vicious type of ‘office politics’ and ‘sabotage’?
They love trouble and strife and seeing other colleagues disadvantaged! The feed the ‘grapevine’ with rumour gossip that is in their interests. But you wouldn’t necessarily know of course. They wear great camouflage.
Detecting the Silent Assassin
Detecting the Silent Assassin is not easy! They often go undetected for many months with employees afraid to confront them or approach management about the behaviours of these people.
Surface respectability and a pleasant demeanour often accompany these people. It is estimated that the silent assassin has a tremendous impact on productivity where productivity can decline dramatically and morale plummets and you wake up one morning and wonder what is going on.
What do they do to my business?
The silent assassin is an expert in sabotaging other peoples career and the productivity of your business.
The come to work with the outward guise of working hard for you only to engage in activities that cost you time and money. It has been said that sabotage can be defined as coming to work with the express intent of working slowly, not working, appearing to work, placing impediments in others performing and producing and making a conscious choice to undermine your business and in the extreme to damaging your business deliberately and calculatedly.
How do I know who they are? You can do your business a favour by taking time out of your routine regularly and look at the stats,
• Have you a higher employee turnover than is normal for your industry
• Have you received requests from departments’ employees in particular for employees to be transferred to another department?
• Lack of team work and working together
• Increased friction
• Increased absenteeism
• Decreased productivity
• Decreased profits despite good sales
• Excessive customer complaints
• Increased ‘grapevine’ and rumour m
The catering industry is a $6 billion business, and it is expected to grow in the future. Given this, it can be expected that there are a lot of employment opportunities in the catering industry. The good new is these opportunities are open to almost all age groups, especially to those who are looking for part time work. This includes college students and homemakers who are looking for extra income. In addition, the high turn over in the catering industry assures people that there are plenty of jobs to go around. Among the jobs that are available include chefs, cooks, wait staff and food preparation workers.Basically, food preparation workers are the people who prepare the ingredients
They love trouble and strife and seeing other colleagues disadvantaged! The feed the ‘grapevine’ with rumour gossip that is in their interests. But you wouldn’t necessarily know of course. They wear great camouflage.
Detecting the Silent Assassin
Detecting the Silent Assassin is not easy! They often go undetected for many months with employees afraid to confront them or approach management about the behaviours of these people.
Surface respectability and a pleasant demeanour often accompany these people. It is estimated that the silent assassin has a tremendous impact on productivity where productivity can decline dramatically and morale plummets and you wake up one morning and wonder what is going on.
What do they do to my business?
The silent assassin is an expert in sabotaging other peoples career and the productivity of your business.
The come to work with the outward guise of working hard for you only to engage in activities that cost you time and money. It has been said that sabotage can be defined as coming to work with the express intent of working slowly, not working, appearing to work, placing impediments in others performing and producing and making a conscious choice to undermine your business and in the extreme to damaging your business deliberately and calculatedly.
How do I know who they are? You can do your business a favour by taking time out of your routine regularly and look at the stats,
• Have you a higher employee turnover than is normal for your industry
• Have you received requests from departments’ employees in particular for employees to be transferred to another department?
• Lack of team work and working together
• Increased friction
• Increased absenteeism
• Decreased productivity
• Decreased profits despite good sales
• Excessive customer complaints
• Increased ‘grapevine’ and rumour
Many companies underestimate the potential gravity of getting into litigious situations. Lawsuits, especially in cases where one does not have strong legal legs to stand on, are potential minefields for disaster. Many organisations work hard to grow the top line only to have a lawsuit siphon off the money. It is like having a purse with holes in it. Regardless of whether you win or lose the lawsuit, the ultimate winner is the lawyer. Unfortunately if your company happens to be the loser, the magnitude of the costs and damages could possibly derail your business overnight.Many contractors in Singapore also got themselves into trouble by taking on contracts indiscriminately
Surface respectability and a pleasant demeanour often accompany these people. It is estimated that the silent assassin has a tremendous impact on productivity where productivity can decline dramatically and morale plummets and you wake up one morning and wonder what is going on.
What do they do to my business?
The silent assassin is an expert in sabotaging other peoples career and the productivity of your business.
The come to work with the outward guise of working hard for you only to engage in activities that cost you time and money. It has been said that sabotage can be defined as coming to work with the express intent of working slowly, not working, appearing to work, placing impediments in others performing and producing and making a conscious choice to undermine your business and in the extreme to damaging your business deliberately and calculatedly.
How do I know who they are? You can do your business a favour by taking time out of your routine regularly and look at the stats,
• Have you a higher employee turnover than is normal for your industry
• Have you received requests from departments’ employees in particular for employees to be transferred to another department?
• Lack of team work and working together
• Increased friction
• Increased absenteeism
• Decreased productivity
• Decreased profits despite good sales
• Excessive customer complaints
• Increased ‘grapevine’ and rumour
Source: Business-Standard.comWhen Control Solutions, one of USA’s biggest accounting firms dealing with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) accounting compliance procedures, wanted to recruit accountants for its expanding practice, it looked at Enabilizer, a New Delhi-based accounting outsourcing firm. That look has led to the two signing a joint venture agreement that allows Control Solutions to outsource its SOX work to the Indian JV.And, it was not the only global firm to look to Indian accountants for help, Rain, a mid-sized South African accounting firm has also chosen to hire for two years, six experienced senior staff from its network partner in India, the Mumbai-based accounting firm C
How do I know who they are? You can do your business a favour by taking time out of your routine regularly and look at the stats,
• Have you a higher employee turnover than is normal for your industry
• Have you received requests from departments’ employees in particular for employees to be transferred to another department?
• Lack of team work and working together
• Increased friction
• Increased absenteeism
• Decreased productivity
• Decreased profits despite good sales
• Excessive customer complaints
• Increased ‘grapevine’ and rumour
Common sense appears to be a rare commodity these days. Why is this so?In an era when the emphasis seems to be on all things young, beautiful and sometimes shallow its about time we took stock of ourselves and did our businesses a favor by employing older workers! Age discrimination is a terrible injustice that has far reaching effects on our economy where ever we are.When I was much younger I used to watch these older workers with wonderment and ask myself 'how did they get to be so smart' many of them didn't even have degrees! Now 25 years in the workforce has educated me with some answers.It was a lesson that was to educate me through the years as I often learnt that th
• Have you a higher employee turnover than is normal for your industry
• Have you received requests from departments’ employees in particular for employees to be transferred to another department?
• Lack of team work and working together
• Increased friction
• Increased absenteeism
• Decreased productivity
• Decreased profits despite good sales
• Excessive customer complaints
• Increased ‘grapevine’ and rumour mill traffic
• People regularly resigning from their positions
• Low levels of trust
What do I do?
Trying to smooth the waters or placating these people will not work! You must take time to carefully investigate your business and see for yourself. You need to be thorough. Your people deserve an environment that is safe and wholesome to work in. You can
• Speak to workers and managers that have worked with the suspected person and get their opinions.
• Realise that many silent assassins work on the premise that their behaviours and conduct go unnoticed. This is their Achilles’ heel.
• Have other trusted employees keep and eye open on the person and pass on examples of inappropriate behaviour to you.
• Keep thorough documentation
How do I deal with the silent assassin?
A person who engages in assassination or sabotage has no place in your business.
You must confront the silent assassin with proof of their behaviours. Make sure you have everything well documented. Call a meeting and say to the perpetrator ‘Something is not right here and it is affecting our business. I need to get to the bottom of it and have some concerns about the negative behaviours and comments that you seem to be displaying'. Give some examples.
Give the silent assassin time to put their side of the story forwards. If they start to manifest by defensive behaviour or overtly rude, loud and threatening you know you are on the right track.
This is a sign to you that you are on the right path and that the likely outcome of the situation is performance management and moving the person on from your business. The day of the silent assassin in your business must end or you face potential ruin and legal penalties.
A person who has nothing to ‘worry’ about knows their behaviours and conduct can stand up to scrutiny.
Many productivity problems in the workplace often come down to a ‘fly in the ointment’ the silent assassin, the saboteur, the bully! Do your homework and confront. In one instance where we
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