Respect Experience & Not Age
Our traditions teach us to respect elders, this is a quality which
most of us who have grown up on traditional values would have
imbibed. Respecting elders is a great Indian value - it helps
maintain our family, cultural and social fabric. Most of us carry
the values of the home to the workplace. So respecting elders is
naturally translated into respecting older people and anybody who
has put in the most number of years in the organization. In most
sectors nowadays, being older and having spent many years doing the
same job is no more reason to draw respect. You need to be able to
differentiate between Experience and Age in the organization.
Experience is imbibed by the breadth and depth of activities and
learning gained by an individual during ones work life. You will be
able to notice the difference as you meet and interact with people.
If it is just an Older person or somebody who has put in more number
of years you encounter at work, it is time you define a demanding
professional relationship. Here again the reader has to take care in
differentiating between professional and personal issues. At a
personal level if you still hold onto the value of respecting elders
it may help you gain more acceptability anywhere.
Network Tirelessly
Before you can tap opportunities, you need to know that
opportunities exist, that information can come to you only if you
know enough number of people whom you can connect with. Networking
today is one of the most highly valued skills among professionals.
Gone are the days of the socialist era, when knowing people in right
places was often seen with a sense of guilt, today most corporates,
would offer a premium for a correctly networked individual. There
are corporates who conduct training programs to improve the
networking skills of its managers. If you plan to be an
entrepreneur, this could be your lifeline.
