Tips for dealing with colleagues
curiosity
When you join a team, it is often difficult to start a conversation with your colleagues. Your “chick” status can be helpful here. Ask your colleagues for help if you don’t know how to complete a task. Even if this doesn’t start the best conversations, it creates a certain familiarity, with the positive side effect that you don’t have to be called a know-it-all.
consideration
Be considerate of your colleagues. Don’t eat extraordinarily strong-smelling dishes at your desk when your colleagues have to work in the same room. Also, watch your cell phone. Various ringtones have the ability to turn your entire professional life upside down, moreover, it is rude and annoying for your colleagues when your cell phone rings at work.
Blaspheme
Especially in the induction phase, you can quickly put your foot in it by gossiping about colleagues. If your co-workers start talking badly about another co-worker, it’s best to walk away from the conversation until you actually know all of your co-workers and are aware of the social connections within the company.
trust
The success of a company and of you as an individual depends to a large extent on trust. You must be able to delegate tasks to your colleagues without questioning them. This is an attitude thing. Keep reminding yourself that your colleagues have similar if not the same qualifications as you and that alone gives you something in common.
show understanding
Nobody can ask you to get on well with all your colleagues. However, when dealing with colleagues, the same principle applies as when dealing with any other person. You must be able to show understanding. Don’t judge your colleagues because they are different from you, but try to focus on what you have in common.
labor disputes
Conflicts at work are one of the most common reasons for stress at work. These conflicts can make day-to-day work a living’s hell, but they’re often easiest to resolve when someone takes the first step. You and your colleague are probably in the same situation and it shouldn’t be too difficult for the other to understand you.
private conflicts
Private conflicts have no place in the office and should not be taken there. If you are in contact with a colleague outside of the office and a dispute arises, try to resolve it before the next business day if possible.