Help! I’m in an office with lots of strife – gossip, rumors, back-biting, etc. My boss has decided to start a series of ‘team building’ sessions to improve things. That’s great BUT, his idea of our first session (next week) is to have everyone air out all their grievances about whoever else (without reprisal of course)! To me that’s not team-building. I feel that’s the worst thing that can be done – it’s one thing for me to THINK someone is talking about me behind my back, and it’s another for me to KNOW what someone has been saying. I don’t think the session will do anything but make things worse. Advice? Is there an article somewhere about what NOT to do in team-building, that I could send my boss? Thanks! [Read more...]
Sometimes You Just Have to be the Boss
We have a team of 7 people (incl myself and my husband) at our vet clinic. Until recently, everyone has worked terrific together as a team. The work environment has been wonderful. Recently, we were shocked when our youngest team member told me that our team is no longer getting along, people are mad at each other, and that it’s starting to be a dreaded place to come to work. We have not noticed a problem and we’re unsure where the problem is coming from. Is this young person (whose own performance has gone down) the only one with a problem? How do we determine if/what the problem really is? We don’t want anyone of our small team to think we’re pointing fingers or placing blame, but we do need to get to the bottom of this issue. Suggestions?
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