A THING ABOUT COMMITMENT

Author:- Sudhananda Rath

Any business you are in, commitment is absolutely necessary for the sustenance and long-term development of the business. Commitment refers to any kind of sincere binding whether it is a moral responsibility or legal obligation. If you are committed to do any action not only to your customers or potential customers, but also to your superiors, subordinates and colleagues you should perform that in the specified time. Otherwise it creates a negative impression for your and your organization’s image.

If you are not fulfilling whatever you have promised, you will be called as unprofessional and from next time onwards the person will not believe you. We can discuss it with a very common and day to day example. Suppose you are going to a vegetable vendor regularly. You need 10 K.G. of potatoes for a big celebration in your home. The vendor has promised that on the specified day he will provide you what you want. But on that day he refuses to provide that much of potatoes to you. And because of that you are feeling insulted for canceling the party. Will you ever go to that man again? I don’t think so. Because of his lack of commitment he loses a vital customer.

Think it in a broad sense. In a big organization also, it happens. But here the lack of commitment affects in a big way. In this case, your reputation, which you have earned after years of hard work, can be at stake. Taking your customers into consideration, in most of the cases, it is not their requirement to have a deal with you. Rather it is your need to close the deal in a positive note with the customers. They may have a number of options. But you can not afford to lose even a single account (customer).

With position and power come responsibilities. Anybody who is having those should look back and see what are the responsibilities and commitments he/she has and he/she should try to take those and find out better ways to fulfill those. The individuals as well as the organizations while getting bigger and wealthier should be up to the mark with their commitments.

Thus, I want to say here if you are committing something, fulfill it. Otherwise do not commit anything. For longer and healthier relationship in a business scenario, commitment is the only way to keep it intact and then success will definitely kiss your feet.