If you have ever hired someone, you know that it is quite easy to find people with the right skills, but difficult to find people with the right attitude..
Will they show up and do their best, not just today, but on a random Tuesday eight months after they were hired?
Are you highly sensitive? Take the test here.
5 talents of the highly sensitive employee
The employee you can count on
Many HSPs have built in this “right attitude.” Although everyone can have a bad day, are HSPs motivated by a legitimate desire to help others, especially those who are counting on them. The idea of abandoning someone is painful for them, just like the idea of stirring up conflict.
Although no single personality trait can automatically make someone a model employee, HSPs are simply happier when they make others happy. They can have a powerful presence in any workplace.
Careful decision-makers
Many highly sensitive employees combine attention to detail with the 'bigger picture' in mind, thereby taking long-term consequences into account. Consequently, the decisions they make in the given circumstances are the best possible – as long as they get a little time to think.
Instead of a “bull in a china shop” model for moving forward, HSPs exemplify the image of the chess master, who carefully considers every move and then seizes victory. This deliberation does not take place solely in the head; he consults his intuition to arrive at the best decision.
Enormous growth potential
One of the defining characteristics of a sensitive person is that their environment has a much greater impact on them. This can work for or against them – for example, highly sensitive children will fare even worse than other children in a poor environment, but even better than others in a supportive environment. As adults, this means they receive an extra large boost from support, guidance, and mentoring. This makes them extremely flexible in their ability to master new skills.
See what everyone misses
One of the great advantages of sensitive employees is that they make connections where others do not. This can bear fruit with tremendous creativity and, in the business world, an ability to find solutions.
Of course, anyone can brainstorm. The advantage a highly sensitive person offers is not how many ideas they have, but the quality of those ideas. They truly approach the problem from a different angle, partly because their busy mind approaches it from every angle—consciously, automatically, in the background while they are working.
Especially when a highly sensitive person discovers the power of the subconscious, they gain tools that bring creativity and originality. They are much better able to follow their 'gut feeling'.
The kind of leaders people support
When you picture a strong leader, you might think of someone who is loud, brash, and aggressive. The truth is that those traits usually make for terrible leadership—what people are actually responding to is Someone with a vision who listens well and inspires others to do their best.That is exactly how sensitive people prefer to lead.
Typically, sensitive leaders will focus on team buy-in and take the time to learn from those on the front lines, while keeping the bigger picture in mind that supports their work. Highly sensitive leaders are usually humble and warm, yet determined. These traits align closely with what Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, found in leaders who could guide their companies through explosive periods of growth. Sensitive leaders, in other words, know how to inspire people for growth and results.
At first glance, sensitive people might not seem like ideal employees, but dig a little deeper and you will quickly see the strengths they offer. Of course, the highly sensitive employee can sometimes become overstimulated, but in a good environment, they are also often creative and the go-getter who inspires their colleagues. It is time for the working world to start recognizing this fact.
