Your credibility is important in whatever stage you are in,in life. Credibility is what you give off about yourself, and it helps people to determine whether you can be trustworthy, which takes time to build and control. Credibility is created through communications with your colleagues, managers, and other based on how you conduct yourself.
Credibility is the foundation of success, especially when you pitch an idea to a colleague or higher up, and they decide to let you conduct it or not. All honesty took me some time to establish credibility at work. It’s not an easy thing because in your mind your wandering, your trying to see how be people see or what will they determine based on how you move.
I remember finding out that I would not be working at the location I previously worked at, I was upset and felt a bit down because of the challenge I’ll face and starting all over. When I moved, establishing credibility was easier than I expected because I had the set of skills that no one had, I was detailed oriented,I was uniquely different , I made the food how the company wanted it, I showed confidence in what I was doing, I gave back honest feedback to better my coworkers and I encourage them to work like me.
In the eyes of my coworkers I showed, I had the skills and attribute for the job which helped them measure my effectiveness. I was an effective communicator, I gained trust by seeking to understand others needs, opinions, feelings, and aspirations.
I honestly believed that my manager was skeptical about me because of the overwhelming amount of skills and knowledge I possessed. They looked at me as a threat because they thought I was there for their jobs, however, I was there to make their jobs and the company move easier and smoother by implementing ideas they didn’t come up with first.
Since I been working I have not lost anyone’s trust. Trust is one thing about me, that I treat with love. I try my best to establish that because I want people to able to do same.
Being credible makes others look at me as a reliable resource and decision maker , but not being credible makes other views you as the opposite. The three things I should have done to better establish credibility in the previous jobs (was); being sincere, being respectful and being principled.
