In today's dynamic workplace, your organization can survive only if every employee is providing successful energy to winning and keeping customers.  John McKee, author of Career Wisdom and 21 Ways Women in Management Shoot Themselves in the Foot, offers his 10 signs of a self destructive employee:

1. Not keeping their skill set current, either through workshops, trade associations, professional journals, specialized training classes, or continuing education.  More importantly, are they embracing change?

2.  Failing to deliver results.  Or said differently, is their a sense of entitlement to keeping a job without providing tangible results?

3. Confusing efficiency with effectiveness.  Anyone can answer the phone of the first ring, however, was the problem handled immediately or was it passed on to others to "get the monkey off their back?"

4. Believing they are irreplaceable.  Once anyone belives they are the only one that can do a job, the resultant arrogance will stifle success.

5. Knowing all the answers.  Winners remain open to new ideas and approaches.  A better approach would be to ask all the right questions.

6.  Surrounding themselves with "yes" people.  Winners do not need to be constantly reminded they produce results; instead they need professional intelligence and creativity to support new concepts and ideas.

7.  Forgetting to give credit to others.  "Me Firsters" destroy an organization's culture and people's morale.

8. Bragging instead of fact-based promotion.  It is important to let peers, customers, and the industry know a person brings considerable value, however, the correct path is through articles, blogs, and other professional avenues.  Boasting never works.

9. Losing perspective.  All successful people will occassionally face roadblocks.  Winners seek advice.  Those that fail to recognize their shortcomings will hurt your organization through wasted efforts, lost productivity, and costly mistakes.

10. Failing to have a life plan.  All successful people have a roadmap to success, either written down or well memorized.  If an employee doesn't appear to have a vision of their own future, they may be satisfied to hunker down and hope to go unnoticed.

Successful organizations work because of its people.  Successful employees stay because they want to continue their association with other successful and supportive individuals.  What is the state of your People Assets?