What is the most valuable quality to bring to the workplace?

[Anonymous]

For self, for the greater good, and for success.

[Anonymous]

Resourcefulness.
Resilience.
Determination.

[Anonymous]

Diligence

[Anonymous]

The golden rule! Do unto others as you’d have done unto you.

We are living in the “bro” culture that idolizes success at all costs and holds people like Musk and Zuckerberg in high regard- despite the fact that these are two of the most ruthless repugnant people in the planet. When I’m hiring I cannot teach kindness, drive, willingness to work with others, and integrity. I’m a genius and can teach most people the technical things. So I hire for what I cannot teach them.

These qualities are good for themselves, their careers, and the greater good.

[Anonymous]

There's no one specific thing. You have to have some amount of knowledge and be open and capable of learning more. You have to be a true team player both as an employee and as a human - we value personality a lot at my firm.

[Anonymous]

I’ll never forget my extraordinarily critical, negative boss (who I mostly liked because she replicated my high -functioning, completely dysfunctional family environment perfectly) being mad about a slide they showed in her remedial management class the same week as a thing that upset her at work. There were quadrants in the class that showed a survey of managers who were:

Competent/Well liked
Competent/Disliked
Incompetent/Well liked
Incompetent//Disliked

She found it astonishing that anyone would choose an incompetent but kind boss over a competent but harsh one, despite the vast majority of employees voting that way.

The upsetting work thing for my boss was that a colleague she revered had been demoted for slapping a subordinate (I am not making this up.) When she was ranting about the injustice done to her abusive colleague by some useless peon, I reminded her about the survey. She turned red and stomped away. She did moderate her behavior thereafter.

[Anonymous]

Follow through

[Anonymous]

A sense of proportion. We can solve problems without treating every problem like a crisis.

[Anonymous]

If you are an employee under a supervisor:
anticipate problems
If you are supervisor:
try to be decisive

[Anonymous]

Realize what needs to be done and do it

[Anonymous]

Reliability

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll never forget my extraordinarily critical, negative boss (who I mostly liked because she replicated my high -functioning, completely dysfunctional family environment perfectly) being mad about a slide they showed in her remedial management class the same week as a thing that upset her at work. There were quadrants in the class that showed a survey of managers who were:

Competent/Well liked
Competent/Disliked
Incompetent/Well liked
Incompetent//Disliked

She found it astonishing that anyone would choose an incompetent but kind boss over a competent but harsh one, despite the vast majority of employees voting that way.

The upsetting work thing for my boss was that a colleague she revered had been demoted for slapping a subordinate (I am not making this up.) When she was ranting about the injustice done to her abusive colleague by some useless peon, I reminded her about the survey. She turned red and stomped away. She did moderate her behavior thereafter.

Meh. I work with a lot of competent, but disliked people (yay lawyers!). I would work for anyone but someone who is incompetent. I can’t stand stupidity and I won’t work for an idiot. I’m not a toddler and I don’t need people to be kind to me.

That being said, I go out of my way to support my employees. I’m not sure if they like me, but I am kind and competent.

[Anonymous]

Resourcefulness. I love people who find multiple ways to get the job done.

[Anonymous]

Humility and collaboration

[Anonymous]

Positive attitude