How To Deal With Underachievers

Go back to your school days. Think of some friends who could never finish their examinations? For inexplicable reasons, they never seem able to finish what they started. Actually, we routinely meet this kind of people and they can hardly be considered as exceptions. They are always having some very good excuse for not finishing the given task. If asked how come they never achieve anything, they will point an accusing finger to others and will be in a state of denial at their own failings.

On the other side, we find some stars, who finish the most difficult work finding different ways and overcoming insurmountable obstacles. Why this difference? Almost always, the under-achiever will have a hot start, eager to do everything all at once, but just as quickly his interest would tapersoff and soon he will be just standing around doing nothing and making all sorts of excuses and complaining that things never work out as they should. Whereas the achievers don’t show enthusiasm, but it seems that they are studying the situation.

But once they have started, they will set upon their work with dogged persistence. They will not be satisfied until they’ve reached their goal. You can sense from the beginning their unspoken determination to finish what they have started.

The big question is – can things be turned around? Yes. It will not be easy but quite doable. Careful not to hurt their ego, they should be made to understand that their performance leave much to be desired. Without being angry nor any hint of displeasure, ask for an explanation why they are not producing the desired results. There will be hems and haws and claims that things didn’t happen according to expectations. Listen them out. Don’t get irritated. Let them understand that you are giving them the benefit of doubt. Let them know that you are for them and not against them. Tell them that you understand what they say.

The time will be ripe to try to reverse things. Give them a small task and monitor the progress. This time, be ready to act once you notice a weakening in their resolve. You should intervene immediately and if necessary provide direct support emphasizing that failure is not an option, and that it always felt better to have tried than not to have tried at all. If you do it often enough, they will soon see the error of their ways and see things in your light. When the transformation is complete theirs will be a case study for the other underachievers. There are non-achievers, underachievers or losers, call them whatever you want but the fact is that they are with us and will always be with us. Whatever their failings are, they deserve help and sympathy and not derision.

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