How to Get Along With Our Colleagues???

China
October 17, 2009 9:59pm CST
Most people often hold the idea that colleagues relationship is an art that need to be learned. Yes, the relationship with colleagues is just like the relationship with your boss, both of them can be helpful to lower your workplace pressure and work everyday enjoyable. If you have a good relationship with all your colleagues, you can get a better time and higher effection at work. But unlike other relationships, colleagues in an office are totally different for all of them come from different backgrounds. So, How to make your colleagues like you? How to Get Along With Our Colleagues? Thank you.
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• Boston, Massachusetts
18 Oct 09
This entails people skills. Establishing and maintaining an friendly but professional relationship is sometimes hard but it can always be worked out. Don't expect what your colleagues can do to make the working relationship work... ask yourself what you can do to make it work. Find time to share and table your expectations from one another (this is best discussed during company activities like team-building, organizational development training, stress management training and meetings) where you can discuss ways to strengthen you relationship. Success of one's organization depends on how good and positive is the relationship among its employees and the employer. Positive stroking is very important. Always give affirmation when needed, apologize if you feel you've hurt someone's feelings, always smile and project positive attitude towards work.
• United Arab Emirates
18 Oct 09
Hi Mama MSF, Well said! Oftentimes I to ask myself, have I done anything wrong to my colleagues that sometimes they would treat me bad? I've been assessing myself at times but always the answer is NO. Most of them are men and heavy smokers, I don't need to beg them everyday not to smoke inside the office, it's obvious that I'm pregant. I don't know if their being of different race makes them so insensitive. What do think?
• Boston, Massachusetts
18 Oct 09
Hello Mama V, Yes that's the right term INSENSITIVE for this people to just do their thing and not mind their co-workers health and condition. Well, the only thing that we can do is for you to leave the area where near them when it's time for them to have their "lung break". Maybe it's high time that you advocate with the management to do something about SMOKING IN YOUR OFFICE. You know what even if we have a policy about smoking some of our co-workers still smoke inside the male comfort room so bad but that's true. Goodluck my dear friend and i am happy you on the race hehehehehe!
@suzzy3 (8342)
19 Oct 09
My advise is don't try to hard,suggest you go out at lunch time for a treat,or maybe after work for an evening out every now and again.Be your self give other people time to get used to you,find out if anyone plays squash or ask if anyone would like to play cricket at the weekend every now and again.All these things are to be suggested seperately and ask if the staff have a social evening,Good luck.
• Philippines
19 Oct 09
I definitely agree that having a good relationship with our colleagues at work can help us lessen the pressure and stress we do experience. I cannot imagine how one can survive 8 hours a day at work if one does not have a good working environment. To be able to have a good working relationship with your co-worker, i think you just need to be yourself. Do not pretend as somebody whom you are not. Just being as nice as you can be is enough to be liked by anybody.
• China
19 Oct 09
maybe have lunch together wtih you colleagues is a good idea,you can comunnication with them and learn each other
18 Oct 09
Well, I found it was very hard to get along with my colleagues, especially when he or she was in the same position as I was. In fact, we were 'fighting' each other to become the number one, well, as we can say it was tight competition. And somehow I find it is very funny if we get along with our competitor. =) But I tried to be very nice, well, not try but applied it. And I also found that I was the one who had to be very humble. It took a long time until I finally got along with my colleagues. =) As long as we are nice, I don't think there's a gap between us.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
19 Oct 09
Your right. It is more comfortable to have friends at work. I think that by being very nice and presenting a smile will bring people to you. Doing a good job and focusing on your work can also gain the respect of coworkers and lead to friendships. Acceptence is also a great part of office friendships. You have to be able to look at the person and not so much the background.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
18 Oct 09
I have never seen being likeable alone protect anyone in a workplace, at least not for very long. It is often better to be respected and perhaps even feared than liked. While diplomacy is sometimes useful, the most valuable thing is to have skills so strong that one would be able to go elsewhere on the drop of a hat. If one's bosses or colleagues think you need your job they will run all over you, and sometimes the nicer you are, the nastier they get. One can try to get along with everyone in a workplace, but sometimes it is just impossible and one has to be thick-skinned. In my view is important to have strong alliances outside of the workplace but in the same(or allied) industry, so that your bosses and colleagues will think twice about interfering with your career objectives, as they could get a bad reputation for doing so. Also, if things do deteriorate you would have another place to go.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Oct 09
Be polite, accept their differences with you personally and treat them as you would anyone you would meet as a stranger--courtesy, politeness and friendliness without getting too personal. That's how I do it when I'm lucky enough to work, mostly temp jobs, and the employers call me first when they have more work because their employees like me. Remember, these are not supposed to be your friends, just people you work with.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
18 Oct 09
The unfortunate aspect is that we cannot choose our work colleagues and yet we can end up spending more time with these people than we do with our families and we don’t get along it is really unfortunate! I’ve had workmates from hell as well as workmates that became treasured friends. The idea is to be professional and respectful even though we may not always see eye to eye. Dealing with differences assertively and politely is paramount I think.
• Malaysia
18 Oct 09
I have a positive mental attitude. as such, I am a team player.So, I get along fine with my colleagues. However, not all can be on equal terms with you. Some may not like you for their own reasons. Some just do not want to mix with you. I leave them alone. some will try to make a sucker out of you. So, I am wary. By and large, I think I have succeeded very well in collegiate relationship in all the places I have worked in.
@shally_hh (418)
• China
18 Oct 09
There is no doubt that a good colleagues relationship is rather important for success in our career.in my opinion,trust is the first and most fundamental,and sometimes we should view problems in others' position,never talk about colleagues' mistakes or discussion them behind their backs,communicate with them sincerely and always appreciate others' help.I am sure,in these ways, we can get good relationship with not only colleagues but also any other people we associate with.
• United States
18 Oct 09
I'm the type of person who feels like work and my own personal life should be separate because of things that could turn out to be uninviting under these circumstances. It best to feel a person out though and even then you have to watch your back b/c there are cunning people out there; but that's not to say that there aren't any good colleagues to get along with. It's best to be yourself, and even nice and friendly and observe what person you're willing to associate with in the company because not everyone will turn out to be your friend.
• China
18 Oct 09
That is great. I think the relationship in the school is much purer and dream than its in the social, I do not like the complexity. As you know, there are little good friends in your work enviroment, and we are just working and working, without sharing, it is unhappy. Now i miss my classmates, hoping to talk with them my happyness and sadness. So, friends, let us contacting with our classmates when we have a free time!
@rebaozi (100)
• United States
18 Oct 09
It's not so hard to keep realtionship with your colleagues,the most importantly is trust eachother and open your heart to your friend ,you should be very busy ,may be,but you can try your best to help somebody ,at that time you will find it's easy to keep and get along with our colleagues.