![]() ![]() “Uncivil or de-energizing relationships at work are extremely costly to you, your team and organization,” said Porath. That leads to less information sharing, low motivation and decreased performance. They found that just one negative interaction has four to seven times the influence of a positive interaction. In fact, negative interactions at work have far more influence than positive ones, acco rding to a study by Georgetown professor Christine Porath and Alexandra Gerbasi and Andrew Parker from Grenoble École de Management in France. It can make some employees feel inferior or trapped. Gone unchecked, bossy peers can be a major hindrance to an organization. They’re not comfortable in a grey area and if the boss is leaving a leadership vacuum, they take it upon themselves to create structure,” said Ilene Marcus, a workplace expert who mentors on boss-subordinate dynamics and wrote a book called Managing Annoying People. Sometimes it’s their own anxiety or need to control. “Sometimes they’re making themselves look better. Some mean well and genuinely want to move projects forward. They’re the coworker who acts like your boss-and they’re far too common in today’s workplace. Even if I haven’t spoken to the person I can imagine plenty of reasons, in the space of an hour sometimes, why they must now hate me.” - Becky W.They critique your work. If someone confirms they don’t hate me, OK, but it doesn’t last long before I doubt it again, because I could have done something else to annoy them. ![]() “Constantly needing validation and reassurance from people. No matter how many times they try to reassure me though, it never gets through to me.” - Nina G. It could be simply asking if they hate me, if they’re mad at me or if they love me. “I’m constantly asking for validation in so many forms, which makes me feel even more annoying and like I’m giving people another reason to hate me. Most people think you’re being rude, but it’s because my anxiety convinces me that everyone hates me or will hate me or think something negative about me.” - Natalie V. I get really anxious around groups of people. If they contact me, that probably means they don’t hate me.” - Sascha W. “I keep track of how often we initiate contact with each other, and if I notice I’ve been doing it more often lately, I stop contacting them. ![]()
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