From Totaljobs survey, 60% of 7,076 workers admitted that they have a “workplace enemy.” Do you also have one?
While work enemies can be an influence on your career, they can also affect your work performance and develop to be toxic relationship, turning the workplace into a mess. The better way is to turn them into friends because that also means a better mental health and better work performance. But how can we do that?
FIND ONE THING IN COMMON
This is the basic and easy step to start a conversation with someone, even with your enemy. The same interests will gradually glue people together and that it can reduce the frustration.
FOCUS MORE ON THEIR POSITIVE CHARACTERISTICS
The negative sides of people are always stand-out to attract our attention and that leads us to dislike them. Instead, trying to see more of their positive characteristics, maybe you can find out that they aren’t as bad as you think.
WALK IN THEIR SHOES
When we dislike someone, we tend to use our emotions more than rationality. Try to practice empathize, walk in their shoes, and see if there’s a way you could do to resolve conflicts.
