What Makes a Professional Employee?

There are four important characteristics a professional employee must have: honesty, interpersonal skills, confidence, and ambition.  Professional employees must have these four characteristics to succeed in a company. 

First, honest employees will not hide mistakes they might have made.  If an honest employee makes a mistake, employers can be certain that they can rely on the employee to admit the mistake and try a different option when one option does not work (Ingram, 2014, para. 5). 

Second, an employee must be able to communicate to those in the company and to those outside the company.  “The best employees are excellent communicators in person, on the phone and via email” (Ingram, 2014, para. 4).  Employees with good interpersonal skills are also able to voice their opinions clearly and stay calm in a conflict (Ingram, 2014, para. 4). 

Third, professional employees who have confidence are able to take on challenges and tackle difficult problems that others might not be able to handle.  Confident employees are also able to capably produce results.  They can inspire confidence in clients who will trust the company and the product more (Sundheim, 2013, para. 10). 

Fourth, “Ambition is what makes a company innovative” (Sundheim, 2013, para. 5).  Employees must want to better themselves in their area of work in order for the company to grow as well.  Ambitious employees are creative and innovative when they solve problems (Sundheim, 2013, para. 5). 

Professional employees must have honesty, good communication skills, confidence, and ambition in order to succeed in the workplace.

References

Ingram, David. (2014). The qualities of a good & professional employee. Houston Chronicle.  Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/qualities-good-professional-employee
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Sundheim, Ken. (2013, April 2). 15 traits of the ideal employee.  Forbes. Retrieved from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensundheim/2013/04/02/15-traits-of-the-ideal-employee/