A Productive Employee (Part 1)

The word ‘productive’ is one that every serious minded employer or superior officer is interested in. No man wants to give an assignment to someone who will only attempt the job, expending time and resources without getting the desired result. Hence it behooves every employee to give 100% productivity especially in this time and age when the jobs are not just there.
In a bid to be productive or to avoid being unproductive, an employee must put a number of things in place, one of which is to erase or block off every negative comment or thought about ones boss or employer. This truth is vividly expressed in the parable of Jesus in Matthew 25:24 and it reads “Then the man who had received the one talent came.’Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed”(NIV). He started his defense by saying what he thought of his employer- a hard man- and that informed his decision to just make sure the man gets exactly what he gave him.
To be truthful some of our employers or superior officers are hard men but it is not in our place to call them so and I have discovered that it is not also to our advantage that we think of them or treat them as such (except one is ready to quit the job), because once we allow that thought or impression to be created in our mind we start to act in that light. We should even be weary of office gossips in that can lead us down this road; else we will be tempted to hold back, which is being less productive in the discharge of our duties. When that happens:
1- We become an unfaithful employee
2- We may be shutting the door to future opportunities
3- Even God is not on our side
So how can one work without falling into this trap, even if the employer or the superior officer is a hard man. The following should help:
a- Do your work as unto the Lord
b- Do not just work to impress your boss
c- Do not just work for money
d- Do not emulate people around you who have fallen into that trap
e- Look unto God for you rewarder.

Let me give you a practical example, I gave an assignment to a consultant to do for my organization, to which he agreed and he was paid to do the job. In the course of time he came across someone who gave a negative comment about my employer, and because of what he (the consultant) heard, he lost interest and concentration and so he did not do the job as he ought to and did not complete the job in time, hence we cannot give him any other job (I am not say my employer is a saint); All because he heard a negative comment about my employer.

Therefore to be productive do you job like it’s your job