3 Amazing tips to build healthy relationships at work
Relationships are important, whether it is Friendship, Marriage or Work Relationships. Building a healthy relationship with the people you work makes life easy and can make work easier. Nowadays, very few companies have roles where you only work on projects independently. Teams are a key part of your work life. A healthy relationship with your team can have a huge impact on your professional growth and success.
Today, almost every workplace has a diverse work culture. Isn’t it? It might be the same at your workplace too. Every person working in an office has their own set of ideologies and beliefs. This makes it all the more important to understand your fellow co-workers and build healthy work relationships with them.
Here are a few ways that can help you to build a healthy relationship with your colleagues.
credit: third party image reference1. Devote time to build relationships- Schedule time to build relationships with your office colleagues. You can walk over colleague's desk, offer coffee or plan to have lunch together or just strike up a conversation. Devote time to build relationships even if its just five minutes a day. Those five minutes a day will help you build connection and gain trust which are the perfect ingredients for a healthy working relationship.
2. Develop your emotional intelligence- Understanding your own emotional needs can help you empathize with others. Often, work can be stressful and can hijack our emotions. In such situations, learn to control your emotions and behavior and adapt to changing circumstances. Harness your anger, disappointment or fear so your emotions don't interfere with your ability to solve problem at work. In case you have a conflict with a co-worker, try to defuse the conflict with humor.
credit: third party image reference3. Manage your boundaries- All of us want to have friends at work but occasionally,a friendship can start to impact our jobs, especially when a friend or colleague begins to monopolize our time. Now, we are not saying you shouldn't have an at-work confidante or close friend. What we are saying is to mind that your work relationships remain, by and large, professional. It's important to separate your friends from your coworkers.