Although many characteristics make
up a professional employee, Warren Buffett looks for the combination of three
important characteristics when hiring leaders in his companies. He says that the absence of any one of these
characteristics can kill a business. Therefore, a professional employee has
energy, integrity, and intelligence (Searcy, 2012) .
Being hardworking is important
because it encapsulates many essential qualities of professional
employees. Hardworking employees are
ambitious, self-motivated, and responsible for their actions. In an article written for Forbes, Ken Sundheim (2013) lists traits
such as hardworking, ambitious, action-oriented, and autonomous in his list of 15 Traits of the Ideal Employee.
Honesty is common among almost every
list of desirable employee traits. Commenting
on Warren Buffett’s belief that good employees need all three characteristics,
Tom Searcy (2012) of CBS News explains that if you have an employee with “low
integrity, high energy and high intelligence…you have a smart, fast-moving
thief” (para. 2).
Intelligence
is also commonly found among professional employees, because employees need to
be smart enough to correctly complete tasks without constant supervision and
correction (Sundheim, 2013, para. 4). Professional employees have the
intelligence to fulfill responsibilities independently of their supervisors.
An employee
has many traits that make up three main characteristics: energy, integrity, and
intelligence. The
combination of all three characteristics is what makes a professional employee (Searcy, 2012).
References
Searcy, T.
(2012). How to hire like Warren Buffett. Retrieved October 2, 2014,
from CBSNews.com: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/
how-to-hire-like-warren-buffett/
how-to-hire-like-warren-buffett/
Sundheim,
K. (2013). 15 traits of the ideal employee. Retrieved October 2, 2014,
from Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensundheim/
2013/04/02/15-traits-of-the-ideal-employee/
2013/04/02/15-traits-of-the-ideal-employee/
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