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By: Marco Blanco Ucles
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Inconsistencies can sometimes arise in the office. Five tips will help you deal properly with annoying work colleagues.
Work colleagues are like family members: you can't choose them. Many different people with different characteristics meet in the office. You inevitably spend a lot of time with your work colleagues. It's almost logical that not every person gets along well with everyone else - even if there are strategies to score points with the other employees. With five simple tips you can still manage to stay calm.
1. Remove yourself from the situation
Before a conversation becomes too emotional, you should remove yourself from the situation. This can be done by interjecting a reason to leave the room and end the conversation. Another option: consciously steer the discussion to a neutral topic that leaves no room for emotions.
Stress can happen among work colleagues. However, there are ways to deal with it properly. © Westend61/IMAGO
2. Maintain a professional distance
In order to avoid getting into unpleasant situations with your colleagues in the first place, you can try to establish a professional distance from the start. This may make you seem a bit cold and harsh, explains
CV.net
. However, it saves you from having to constantly listen to your colleagues' problems and concerns.
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3. Find clear words
Every now and then you have to address certain issues clearly, there is no way around it. For example, when it comes to addressing colleagues about mistakes. When talking to your colleague, you should still keep your composure,
CV.net
emphasizes : “Stay objective and fair and leave your emotions out of the game. Such a conversation is about improving the situation – you won’t be able to do that with mere accusations.”
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4. Set time limits
Some colleagues simply don't consider that your working time is valuable and that you can't take half the day to worry about them. In such a case, according to
Businessinsider.de,
it is advisable to set clear time limits for your counterpart, for example with the sentence “I am happy to talk to you for a moment. However, I have to go to the next meeting in ten minutes.” In this way, you set a clear limit for your colleague without giving him the feeling that you are not interested in him.
5. Give people a second chance
The first impression is often crucial, no question. However, you should avoid the mistake of putting colleagues in a drawer immediately after getting to know them for the first time. Sometimes a pain in the ass can turn into a great colleague who can be extremely helpful to you at work. Try to think intensively about the strengths and weaknesses of your work colleagues; after all, for better or worse, you have to spend a lot of time with them.