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PEER BENEFITS
How
to improve your peer-level relationships at work
Career coaches and veteran CEOs alike understand
and constantly stress on the importance of managing peerlevel relationships
at work. In fact, this is one of the toughest competencies for an
individual to build.
EVALUATE THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
Mentally review the worst situations that you
have to encounter while dealing with your peers;
Anticipate how the other party will respond when
you go about protecting your turf, time or resources in your accustomed
manner;
Now decide whether you like what you see, or if you
would ask such a person to change.
LEARN TO RESERVE JUDGMENT
If you feel a certain action is unwarranted, confront your peer
directly and explain why you feel that a certain action was inappropriate.
If you feel that it is not serious enough for direct confrontation (or if
you simply lack the nerve for it), suspend judgment and get on with your
own tasks.
ALLOW YOUR PEERS TO SAVE FACE
If you do decide to confront a peer over a perceived transgression, do
so privately and allow him or her to save face. If you make a public issue
out of it, two things can happen – the matter may snowball into a
fullfledged inter-departmental battle with each side looking to score.
DON’T STRIVE TO WIN
Organisations are not sprint races wherein you have to win every time.
If you win all inter-departmental debates and all issues are always settled
in your favour, you will be generally despised and mistrusted. Losing
diminishes anyone’s self-esteem, and nobody who has lost selfesteem because
of you will cooperate with you in the future.
AVOID FACE-OFF SITUATIONS
You can never fully anticipate how another person will react to
confrontation. If a peer over-reacts and gets abusive, you must be able to
walk away and not be dragged to the down-anddirty stage. Thereafter, let
the dust settle for a couple of days. If your peer does not refer to the
matter again and it remains unresolved, put it to your manager minus the
emotions.
Jappreet
Sethi , HR and strategy consultant and
owner of
Humanresourcesblog.in ETHF140506
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