Life Lessons in Being a Team Player Versus Getting Taken Advantage Of
How do you know when you should be a team player? When should you pitch in at work? When should you help out versus when you're getting taken advantage of? When people are being witty? When you're getting played? When your employer is using you in a way that won't benefit you or your self-worth and self-value?
How do you recognize when you can step up for your team, be a team player, and help the organization out versus getting it taken advantage of and feeling like they're using you? Are they using you for your skills, talents, and expertise but not at the level you should be paid?
Women often say that they are a team player. That's something that women are often proud of at work. They know they pitch in. They know that they help out. They know that they have lots of skills, talent, and expertise, and they're often very giving of that skill, talent, and expertise at work. And they often wonder how I articulate this skill at a higher level. And that's something I help many of my mentees with.
Three things to look out for to make sure that you aren't being taken advantage of are:
Number one is you want to evaluate if this a one-time ask with a beginning date and an end date or if this a constant thing where you're being asked to do somebody else's job or fill somebody else's role.
Number two, we want to make sure that you have that skill set and that that's something you desire to do.
And number three is that you're appropriately compensated for that.
If you are dealing with any of these signs of being taken advantage of, let's hop on a call this week.
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