Are you task-oriented or goal-oriented at work?

A lot of employees, their work is task-oriented, because task-oriented work is easy, they do what they are told, they never put their soul into it, and they don't know whether their soul is better used or lost.

Task-oriented people always think that when the task is finished, it is over, and they have done well, no problem.

But a task is there to achieve a goal. And the person who breaks the goal into tasks, breaks it down in the context of the moment, and over time, what was reasonable to break down then becomes unreasonable now.

However, as the person who performs the task, if he cannot understand the goal of doing the task, the final task will be completed, but the goal is greatly different.

If this is how you accomplish the task, then you need to adjust yourself and think carefully about the goal behind the task.

If you are a manager, when you break down tasks, you need to take into account how the task will change as things change, and adjust the criteria for task completion as time goes on and things change.

So what are the general criteria for goals at work?

In an enterprise, all the goals of work are to provide value for customers and then obtain returns.

The value that customers need is low price, fast speed, high quality and many choices.

Let's say you're designing a house for a client. The customer is always dissatisfied, but the customer can't tell exactly what the problem is. So what should you do?

Is thinking: for the customer this program, you have revised dozens of times, always thinking of their own pay too much, the customer is too picky?

Still want to: why design so many programs, customers are not satisfied, is the customer deliberately picky, or their ability is really a problem, did not do a good job?

Everyone's starting point is different, but if you do this plan customers are not satisfied, that means the quality is not too high, is not good enough.

If it's good enough, the customer will never criticize the problem, but will praise it.

Because people are the same, only really touched the heart, people will be happy, will love to move his heart that thing, will praise it.

There's nothing wrong with being task-oriented at work, but you need to keep the goal in mind when you do the task.

A task is a list of things to do. This list, like your shopping list, only marks what you buy, but where you buy it and how much you buy it, may not be marked clearly.

What should you do when you go shopping with a list and you find that the items on your list are not available?

Should I find a replacement, or should I not buy it? You need to have a metric. This standard is the goal, if this thing at home and a little, a few days to buy, it is not too late, then you can temporarily do not buy; If this thing has no home, such as salt, if you can't buy, stir-fry will become a problem, you have to buy it, as for the process of buying, is to go farther, or spend more money, this is the solution.

In short, proactive employees need to be more goal-oriented in their work, so that you know what is right; If you're task-oriented, you may think you're doing what you need to do, but the reality is very different. Just because it's done doesn't mean it's done. It doesn't mean it's done.