The book, written by Robert E Kelley is not just discuss how to become a star employee, and not just be an ordinary employee, but also about how the management to choose who the real star employee. We used to know the characteristic of a star employee is: employees are cleverer, can solve problems well, and can take risks properly, more vibrant and friendlier. But the most important points presented by Kelley in the book How to be star at work this is the initiative.
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What is the initiative is how an employee must be willing to do outside of working hours and what not his job is. I learned this principle from the bible, because Jesus taught “if someone asks you to walk 1 mile, walk with him as far as 2 miles.” So the question is, what is given more, that is valued and that is what is meant by the initiative by Kelley. In addition to initiatives Robert E Kelley said eight other characteristics of the star employees:
1. Initiative: Blazing trails in the organization’s white spaces
2. Knowing who knows: plugging into the knowledge network
3. Managing your whole life at work: Self-management
4. Getting the big picture: Learning how to build perspective
5. Followership: Checking your ego at the door to lead in assists
6. Small-L leadership in a Big-L world
7. Teamwork: Getting real about teams
8. Organizational Savvy: Street Smarts in the corporate power zone
9. Show and tell: persuading the right audience with the right message
Kelley believes that the employee was the result of star shaped, not natural talent. So apart from 9 features, the 6 steps Kelley teaches employees how to become a star: looking for a teacher, understand the organizational chart, an expert in building relationships, learning to resolve conflicts, create a place of their own and develop credibility.
