Building Positive Relationships
Identifies relationship undermining behaviors in the workplace and articulates ways to avoid those practices.
Identifies positive relationship building behaviors in the workplace and articulates how to engage in these practices.
Your Assignment: Developing Positive Relationships
Please read the following scenario and write a 500-1000 word essay which addresses the questions below:
Scenario:
Your friend Julia is about to start a new job next week as a customer service representative at a large technology firm. Even though the job is a great move for her professionally, she is a bit apprehensive, because at her last organization, many of her co-workers did not get along with each other.
Those negative interpersonal relationships often made her last job an unpleasant place to be. Julia asks you what she can do as a new employee to really build positive relationships with her new co-workers.
What are two pieces of advice you could give Julia about things she should do as a new employee to build positive relationships with her co-workers? Provide specific advice for what Julia can do and explain how it will foster positive workplace relationships.
What are two pieces of advice you could give Julia about things she should not do as a new employee to build positive relationships with her co-workers? Provide specific advice for what Julia can avoid doing and explain how it will encourage positive workplace relationships.
