Being Too Nice in the Workplace

Main Aspects & Challenges

Being Too Nice in the Workplace

Introduction

We raise our children

based on many important

values, such as:
courtesy, trust, cooperation, kindness, tolerance, etc.

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Our Family Values Main Expectations

Our family main idea was that raising our kids under such noble values would help them:
to better deal with lifes challenges and its obstacles, to develop a nice networking and to achieve a brighter future.

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Our Business World - Important

But unfortunately, our Business World doesnt allow us to be kind and nice in all the situations.

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Main disadvantages
PEOPLE THAT ARE TOO NICE - may be less likely to face confrontation - are less likely to stand up for themselves, because they dont want to rock the boat or hurt coworkers - are less assertive in asking for raises and promotions - dont know how to manage conflicts - might not get recognized for their accomplishments.

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Main disadvantages - Important

Others may take advantage of you

You might not be recognized

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Too Nice Leaders - Disadvantages
It has been proved that when "nice" leaders fail: to manage conflicts, to make hard decisions to deal with problems They are often accused of:

Lack of courage

Not providing strong leadership

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Important

We have pointed out some main problems with being too nice in

the workplace.

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1 Being polite can hinder us
There is a need to analyse when we
should be polite or tough. Many people can misuse our politeness just to dump their work on us. We need to limit the percent of

politeness by following the basic

manners required at workplace.

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2 Stop pleasing everybody
We need to learn to set our boundaries and analyse the possibilities of helping people without affecting our job and career.

If there is a risk we need to say

no, and explain our reasons or not.

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3 Learn to be firm
It is important to learn how to
be firm and that doesnt mean being nasty. Our hesitation in telling a team mate about his poor

performance can jeopardize a

whole project or even our professional career.

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4 Dont avoid confrontations

There is nothing wrong when facing some confrontations. Avoiding a necessary confrontation can provide a bad

impact on our business and

projects.

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Conclusion
Being mean and nasty can damage
our career and life goals. Thats why we need to align our own behavior with our work rules and life goals.

And we need to take a positive and

firm approach to deal with our daily business challenges.

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Our Business Contacts
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