Discussing Progress

The progress meeting is not after the fact appraisal meeting. No one is being judged or appraised. It is a proactive coaching meeting designed to produce feedback, conversation, next steps and alignment. It is designed to give power and support not to give judgment and assessment.

As a precursor to progress meetings, employees and managers work together to build a performance agreement based on employees’ accountability and goals of the employee. Progress meetings are 30 minutes meeting every two months to discuss the progress being made towards demonstrating the company values, fulfilling job accountabilities, achievement of goals.

For progress meetings, I usually wear my Sundays best – kidding – usually I just shorts and sandals – kidding again. Dress how you typically dress. Certainly face to face meetings are the best. I like meeting at a coffee shop or restaurant; however, the phone and screen sharing / web conferencing work.

The rest of the progress meeting is a gap analysis between the manager’s and employee’s perceptions of employee job accountabilities, demonstration of corporate values, and the status of his / her goals. During the meeting, the employee and manager trade views. The meeting is about listening and reflecting. I have participated in this process as both employee and manager and in my opinion listening to the views and scores of the other is the best part. The meeting also lays out a great process from which to hold conversations about performance.

All humans spend every second of their lives working. Maybe this activity cannot be observed with the eyes of the head itself, only seen in organs in humans, namely the heart. Almost all cells in the human body are always active at all times, except cells that contain chitin (hard skin), such as on nails and hair. So if philosophically all the things that are in human beings are always active in taking a number of jobs, then why do we prefer lazing for reasons for convenience?

WORK

Comfort is the same as laziness as not working

Some people are so deified that they are comfortable. That is too much to work until this moment by a handful of people. When you choose to live in comfort, at that time the intention to work is gone. Conscious or not, comfort is synonymous with lazing. Can someone be lazy then the hobby becomes changed just sitting around all day without doing anything. They think that this is the real life, even though they are not aware of the existence of every creation on this earth, namely to do something useful day by day.

Working is a natural destiny that must be fulfilled

We are destined to God to be able to do something useful for life. Please note that not only humans are always working on this earth. But other animals too, even plants themselves continue to move even though the movements they do are false or cannot be observed directly. Those who have never worked on the grounds: money is already abundant, power in grasp and insight that conspires high will surely be further away from happiness, relief and peace in their hearts.

The desire to work has been in humanity since being born into this mortal world. This is what is one of the destinies of the Creator, “why are humans still allowed to exhale every breath of the day from day to day.” Unfortunately, not a few of the people today think that this is nonsense, because lust and prestige are high in personal luxury has blinded his spiritual eyes. They prefer to sit back, not work every day and believe that this is part of the real comfort of life.

Work is not a burden but a pleasure

It must be understood first that there is no work that is truly perfect to live. Every job has certain sides where there is a pleasant and unpleasant impression, comfortable and uncomfortable impression, good impression and bad impression and so on. If you only focus on the burden that is heavy enough to be borne alone. In this life must be able to have a positive outlook when responding to something. So that positive perception is the driving force from within yourself (motivating yourself).

Work should be a power to be a better person day after day. When you are able to, seeing the positive sides of the profession that is occupied will undoubtedly make the profession beautiful to go through. Remember that only by loving what is done is that pleasure can feel warm in your heart. However, if there is no gratitude and more complaining then no matter how good the profession is, it will never make you happy.

Benefits of working in everyday life

Work is a gift that if done diligently, honestly and discipline also patiently will surely give satisfactory results. Look at this life for the better and keep the mind that always rejects the various tests that come. Because the test of life is even more obvious in the world of work. Therefore, prepare yourself for various possibilities and know also the benefits when spending time to work, namely as follows.

Devotion to God is worship.

Serving God is not only applicable in houses of worship but can occur anywhere, anytime and whatever is being pursued at this time. Because all humans are children of Adam and Eve, are God’s own children. So, when you serve others, it’s the same as doing good to God yourself.

Serve others – practice kindness.

Our lives must be balanced, not only to be served by others but also to serve others through daily work. Later, if too much forsir serves, you can be bored and tired by yourself, but if you want to continue to be served, you can become a spoiled and immature personality.

Train concentration – increase intelligence.

To do a professional job usually requires better concentration. Indirectly this kind of activity will train the mind to continue to grow, develop and even advance. Doing a repetitive routine usually makes someone become.