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As we all spend almost half our day at workplace, developing solid relationships with our colleagues and boss is a goal of extreme importance that we should all do our best to accomplish.
How to develop solid relationships at work
Be professional
If you manage to deliver the best possible results, keep your promises, meet deadlines and handle any differences in a civil manner, it is for certain that your colleagues and your boss at the very least will respect you and consider you to be a great asset to the company.
Be accurate and specific
When a business problem occurs which requires immediate attention and careful insight, it is critical to be able to be as accurate and specific as possible in analysing your ideas and suggestions.Try to refrain from making hurtful comments. Disapproving a colleague's idea should not appear as if you are disapproving of your colleague's overall performance.
Disagreeing strongly with your boss's approach about something should not appear as if you consider him to be incompetent. Make sure you leave no room for misunderstandings by being as specific and accurate as possible.
Offer a helping hand in time of need
Offering a helping hand in time of need to your colleagues or boss, without even having to be asked for it, will come a long way. Making some helpful suggestions about a report, volunteering to temporarily replace a colleague who has to stay at home to take care of his sick family, or trying to calm down an obnoxious client who drives everyone crazy will be highly appreciated by everyone. Furthermore, when you need help yourself, it is more than likely that you will get the same treatment in return.
Stay away from gossip discussions and vendettas
Even when you get tempted to add your two cents in the daily gossip discussions across the hall, or participate in some vendettas, if you want to develop and maintain solid relationships at work, it is an absolute necessity to do your best to refrain for them all, to avoid adding fuel to the fire.
If you are specifically asked to share your opinion on others, kindly refuse, explaining that you do not wish to get personally involved in something like this.
Avoid taking sides
During a nasty confrontation between some employees or some employees and your boss, it is quite possible that you will be asked to take sides, in public or in private. In any case, it would be in your best interest to avoid taking sides, as at least someone is going to misinterpret your intentions and get hurt.
Besides, if you accept doing this once, chances are you will get asked to do this all the time. Why add such stress to your life? By choosing not to take sides, you manage to keep your sanity intact and your relationships with your colleagues and boss civil.
Developing solid relationships at work requires constant effort and often enough, tremendous self-restraint. There will be times when you will think this is one impossible goal to be accomplished. At those times, what you need to do is remind yourself that you are actually doing this for yourself, for your own peace of mind.
