You will invariably have to work with one at some point in your career. Bad teammates hurt team morale, cause resentment among group members, and overall sabotage the efficiency of the team. Here’s how to recognize a bad teammate— and make sure you don’t become one: 1. They could...
Someone always comes to work late, borrows your favorite pen and doesn’t return it, or is regularly rude to teammates. Most of the time, a difficult teammate’s behavior is annoying yet tolerable. But if the behavior becomes a bad habit, it tarnishes the person’s work relationships and...
When you work in customer service, dealing with difficult customers is part of the job, but that doesn't make it any easier. As humans, we're hardwired to care about others, so when it's evident someone is anxious or frustrated, our first reaction is to want to help. That's what c...
A recent study byPsychological Associatesfound that1 in every 4 managers falls into the “bad listener” category. They found thatonly 12% of managersknow to check if their employees are ready to move on from a certain point on their meeting agenda – instead, the majority tend to plow righ...
Your actions will depend on your relationship with your manager, but you can turn this situation into a win Dear Bob … What do you do when the elephant in the room is incompetence — when several of your teammates are incompetent and this is not recognized by your manager? My solution ...
Modern businesses needstrong teams, notoverworked individuals. They need healthy environments, with people who care as much for their teammates as they do for their products. Fighting workaholism is not easy, but itcanbe done. How? Be eager to reject workaholism. Every. Single. Day. ...
Abad managerdoesn’t like to deal with people and solve their problems. And since you are reading this, it indicates you want to be better than that. So here are some great ways you can start to stop toxic positivity in its tracks: ...
In this case, you can no longer dogit push --force sha1:mainbecauseyou do not have the recent commits locally(and you can’t get them withgit fetchbecause they no longer belong to any branch). Nevertheless, keep calm and ask your teammates to stay off the remote for a while. ...
Team kudos:At the end of every month, have one person read through all the awesome comments from customers and pick out the best one for each person. If you forget about how awesome your teammates are, this is an easy, quick reminder. ...
Having someone to chase (on the track, in the pool, or on the bike) can be motivating. Shifting people into swim lanes with slightly quicker teammates can help push them that little extra bit and help get a little more effort out of an individual. And we all know that inter-team compe...