The many forms of colleague

Believe it or not, the initial draft of this entry is dated 12th of October 2011.

Needing to post an entry today but undecided on what to write so I went through my drafts and this one caught my attention, so it's time for it to see the light, hehehe! =P

The way I see it, there are generally three categories:

1. brain: those who are smart and knowledgeable

2. mouth: those who can talk and convince people, regardless of if it's the factual or the spin a yarn type

3. hands:  or muscles, those who actually do the work, hands on execution

More often than not, we see a combination of these categories, below are what I could think of:

brain + mouth: good manager and integrator

no brain, just mouth: yarn spinner, meeting with this type is just a waste of time

no brain, just hands: make sure you give detail instructions and expect to explain and guide the simplest of things, expect many instant messages, emails and calls. Useful for mundane repetitive labour

brain + hands: this is the powerhouse in the workforce, people who solve problems and get things done

brain + hands + mouth: this is the level up version of the powerhouse. Those who can solve problem, execute it themselves, and sell it to others. This is star employee material

no brain, no hands: dead weight, those without contribution and who just drag everyone else down

no brain, no hands, a lot of mouth: annoying dead weight, the worst possible combination

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