Clique to Click
By:
Mole Antolo
Everybody
needs someone to lean and depend on. Someone to talk with may it be in our home
or in the office, when time gets tough. Sounds something romantic? You might
think that it is a late valentine article and not proper for a Marching month,
right?
In
our busy life, we missed to notice that from simple introduction to each other,
our classmates or office mates, and even our neighbors becomes our best
buddy. We spent most of our time in the
office, school and even other houses (making chismis) , and find ourselves
soaked with work-load but thanks to our Best
Full-Force Friend or BFFF, my
own version of BFF. They just saved the day by their simple words of
encouragement, funny and corny jokes, simple chit-chat we divert our stress and give ourselves a
little laugh and thankful enough for reminding us that “hey you are not alone in the office so don’t stress yourself too much”.
Not only do work friends provide social benefits, especially when it comes to
going to lunch or taking a coffee break, but they also serve in a variety of
supporting roles, including sounding board, cheerleader, workplace confidante,
honest critic and back-up player, to name a few.
A recent Robert
Half International survey found that 63 percent of employees and 57 percent
of executives polled said that office productivity also increases with office
camaraderie. Some offices recognize these benefits and
so they make a point that every team engaged in a team-building activities to
foster closer bonds among employees.
Here
are some tips to have a good working relationship with our office mate but at
the same time our work will not be sacrifice, let us march to check out some of
my tips that works:
- Choose your associates carefully
- Workplace
relationships should enhance your career, not hinder it. Be very careful to
those people who wear transparent mask. They make sound like your ideal friend
but in reality they are the worst people you wish you never meet. Just be
yourself even if they are not.
- Don’t become cliques = Be
careful in forming such close bonds with select coworkers that you’re viewed as
part of a two-person clique. Fellow employees may be less likely to share
information with you because they fear that it would automatically be shared
with your office pal. So while it’s generally acceptable to have close friends
at work, be aware of the need to maintain your own personal identity in the
office, and always assume an inclusive distance in your interactions with
colleagues.
- Keep your socializing in check =
Never forget that work comes first.
If you’re not careful, these seemingly harmless but long conversations
will become a distraction to everyone and become hindrance in office
productivity. So be true others and not someone you are not. Even if you don’t
wish to become popular, you will, because everybody would love you in their own
way because they see real you.
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- Be a friend, not a doormat. = Don’t
let overly demanding or needy colleagues take advantage of a close
relationship. . Also, don’t hesitate to re-evaluate the relationship if it
seems that your friend is never available to return the favor when you’re in a
jam. You are a friend willing to listen and even give your opinion but never
let your friend treat you like you are a doormat, that you are just their to
absorb all her/his woes in life.
Friend will always be a
friend, near or far. Ready to listen and be with you even you are miles away.
Distance is not reason for two people to communicate, that why we have
technology now. We have many means to communicate with friends, +Facebook, +Skype and +Twitter , delete those in your phone if you're not gonna used those stuffs.
Coffee and lunch breaks remain the
best time to catch up on the non-work topics you have in common with
professional friends. So take it easy
and laugh a bit. Anyone who has ever had
a close friend in the office knows these relationships can make work life more
enjoyable even after office hours.
