My colleague Mark sent an email to us sharing the ABCs of building a better workplace. I wanted to keep them in mind thus sharing with all of you…
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- Accept co-workers for who and what they are
- Be kind and considerate
- Create a positive, can-do atmosphere
- Don’t insult or demean
- Encourage excellence
- Forget about past wrongs done to you
- Grow smarter and wiser
- Hang around with positive people
- Insist on smiling at everyone
- Join clubs or programs at your job
- Know that work is only part of your life, not life itself
- Laugh as often as possible
- Move around daily. Don’t become a cubicle potato
- Nip jealousy in the bud
- Open your mind to new ideas, new friendships
- Pick up the tab next time you and a co-worker have lunch
- Quit insisting on being right all the time
- Reach out to an associate who is struggling
- Stretch your abilities
- Talk about your goals to those who can help you achieve them
- Uncomplicate your life
- Vindicate yourself by your upright, conduct, not excuses
- Wait to talk. Don’t wait to listen
- Xerox a humorous quote, and share it with someone
- Yank hurtful, hateful words from your speech
- Zero in on what you need most to accomplish, and do it!
Hope it will help guide you on what kind of attitude we put in the workplace coz it sure did have an impact on mine. To my colleagues, see you at work! hehee
