In my professional life,
the people I work with typically know better than I do how I can be of the most value to them, so I just ask.
When you're up against a deadline or facing a tough challenge, do
the people you work with know instinctively that they'll find you in the thick of the fight — pitching in, working long hours, and doing whatever is necessary to succeed?
The first type of gossip — the type you actually want to encourage — is about making human connections with
the people you work with.
Whatever feelings you have trouble dealing with — jealousy, shame, inferiority, entitlement — transferring them to
people you work with and acting out in anger won't just make you and everyone around you miserable, it'll kill your career, too.
Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith said on Tuesday that the company is «principled» about the sorts of
people it works with.
«It's very important to like
the people you work with,» he's said, «otherwise your job is going to be quite miserable.»
He has a simple explanation for the positive impact of buddying up at work: «If you wake up knowing you're driving to a place where you enjoy the company of
the people you work with, your satisfaction is going to be much higher.»
«A good leader knows what
the people he works with care about and isn't afraid to show it.
I've found asking it of myself is as important as asking it of
the people I work with.
It's easy to remember to recognize
the people you work with directly everyday.
«I realized some of
the people I worked with didn't know each other's names.
That's because he really understands
the people he works with.
Why it's a must read: If you've ever wondered why
the people you work with behave in such strange ways, wonder no more.
«Effective managers,» he thought, «manage themselves and
the people they work with so that both the organization and the people profit from their presence.»»
«We build an online audio platform that's used by
people working with music to be able to receive, send, and distribute their music,» Ljung said in a YouTube video uploaded in October 2008 when SoundCloud had around 25,000 users.
People work with those they know, like and trust, and it can take time for a new site to get to that point.
If you have an editor or writer on your team, have
this person work with your platform to make it more engaging.
It was a lesson I learned early on, while an engineer with Mars Drinks —
the people I worked with at that manufacturing plant brought my experience to life.
Good ambition is being ambitious for
the people you work with, that they get ahead, that they look good, that they shine, and to be ambitious for a specific cause.
Additionally, KPMG hires some of the best people; my job is much more enjoyable because I relate to
the people I work with and that is a major key.»
«Our study shows that even a small tweak to a physical space can alter how
people work with one another,» he says, urging bosses to experiment with their meeting spaces, removing chairs and putting up whiteboards, or even adding walking meetings into the mix where possible.
Good leaders will steer a company in the right direction, while bestowing confidence in
people they work with at their business.
«One thing Cascade is very good at is looking at ourselves; this survey made us want to look at
the people we work with as well,» says Brame.
I have a great team of
people I work with.
«Imagine knowing the salary of
every person you work with — but wait a second, they know your salary too!
We spend more time with
the people we work with than almost anyone else, but nothing in school or family really prepares you to handle those business relationships.
«I tell
the people I work with that they should be Vikings or pirates,» Bridget van Kralingen, SVP of Industry Platforms at IBM (ibm), told attendees of last week's Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C. And what exactly does that mean?
We would tell
people we worked with both large and small businesses; offered strategy, finance and HR assistance; and provided individual coaching to executives, small business owners and even to teenagers.
They focused on having a small team of really smart, passionate
people working with them.
Empathic people have dynamic working relationships because they always consider the needs of
each person they work with.
They care about go, not show — and, in time, so do
they people they work with.
She taught me a lot about how NOT to treat
the people you work with.
Well, there are 7 billion people in the world, so there are plenty of other places to find romance other than with the 30
people you work with.
Enjoy
the people you work with.
The people we work with look at things differently and are very open to doing things differently.
He respects
the people he works with.
Not because I have no aspiration, motivation or intelligence... but for the opposite... because in a few months» time, like a great number of
people I work with, I will be going back into higher education.»
«You can feel that somebody did a great job for you; you can talk about somebody's competence and work product and
the person you worked with and you knew — and that's what the president did in his statement Friday — and you can feel horrified when you see pictures and contemporaneous reports.»
Definition of success: Success for me is defined by how my business touches
the people I work with.
This could be because some people are extra cautious of drinking too much when they are around
people they work with, out of fear of looking unprofessional.
So, while it might seem uncomfortable to ask
the people you work with for insights, here are a few things you should feel totally empowered to ask your colleagues.
Don't leave
the people you work with hanging.
However, the truth is that you spend more time with
the people you work with than, well, just about anyone else.
Robbins, who has coached everyone from Bill Clinton to Oprah, said that this character trait is something he sees in the successful
people he works with.
Are there
people you work with from other parts of the country or the world who may be at this conference?
Difference makers are looking to make a deep connection with not only their work, but also
the people they work with and work for.
Make it about the great
people you work with, how hard they work and how proud you are of them,» Goldsmith says.
«All
the people we work with on products are clustered together in pods.
I demanded the best out of myself and out of
the people I worked with, and each of us pushed ourselves individually to accomplish as much as possible.
And if you're starting at a new company,
the people you work with are probably different, too.