Thoughts on Organization and Differences in the Workforce
You probably hear this too often from your employer, your boss, or your mother, “stay organized.” For me, that last one is especially true.
But, as any working person knows, organization is crucially important to one’s success. Being organized allows for efficiency, it allows for progression in one’s work and workday, and gives people the opportunity to structure many tasks that could easily overwhelm someone.
With that said, I have been at GForce for several months at this point, and although organization is so important to success and taken as gospel for many professionals; organization means and is practice differently to every single person. In short, being organized has just as many methods of being accomplished as there are people in this world.
And, hint-hint, THAT IS A GOOD THING!
Since starting my career, I quickly learned a valuable lesson. Each teammate and individual that have worked with or alongside of has their own unique method of accomplishing their tasks. On top of that, what organization means to one person does not look the same to another person.
This realization dawned on me at about 3 PM on my first day on the job at GForce, when my colleagues were organizing their day much differently than I had at my previous job. Instinctually, my mind jumped to all the differences in how they operated compared to me (and how MY WAY made much more sense). But, I had to take a step back. My colleagues had been thriving in their careers and in their fields for years and sometimes decades. I thought, maybe I should observe and learn from their organizational methods. And I did.
For the next several months, I watched and learned from my colleagues and saw how they structured and operated their days. I incorporated many of their methods and tried and failed with others. In the end, I learned and built organizational skills that worked for me while giving organizational advice to others. Recently, one of my colleagues said to me “we learn from each other, everyday.” That is undoubtedly true at GForce and I am so glad it is.
Overall, the main lesson I have taken from this time is that everyone is organized and operationalizes differently. And in a company, that is a strength, not a weakness. Rigidness and similarity, although valuable at times, is not always the most important point for organizational success. Luckily at GForce, our leadership team truly values each worker and their methods to achieve organization and success. That flexibility has allowed myself to be successful, and I think has benefitted GForce and our customers.