It only takes 30 minutes to save your job.
At least according to Paul Timm, chairman of the department of Management Communication at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management.
In “51 Ways to Save Your Job: Your 30-Minute Guide to Job Security” (Career Press, $6.95), Timm shares his prescription for “bulletproofing your position, for building your value to the organization so that, if downsizing does occur, you’ll remain.”
Among them:
Get really good at what you do: Look for ways to continually improve quality. Make small, incremental improvements every day.
Maintain two-way trust with your boss: A subordinate should be attentive and available physically, mentally and emotionally when the manager is under pressure and needs support.
Avoid perfection paralysis: Perfection is an illusion. The harder we try for it, the more disappointed we will be.
Welcome criticism: When people criticize you they provide the information you need to improve yourself.
