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Casual Articles - Is Your Company in Need of Family Therapy?
Some of the very basic ethics and tactics which I think everyone knows but often observed as ignored situations. I would like to tip these personally. The people who are working in more or less small to medium scale companies, crew of a research center or in universities where they get in contact with the people of different nationalities should,1: remember “a cultural greeting” at the place where you work. Generally, it leads to have moralistic depiction of your personality and a humanistic respect of you surrounding people.2: Keep a smiling face as a key to unlock friendship, compare notes and talk together.3: Remember the name, academic history of your colleagues, especially if you are in research group at a university, get know-how of their projects and goals.4: Always be sharp, in time to the office or laboratory but flexible to
• Demonstrating listening skills
• Asking for clarification when needed
• Speaking assertively
• Showing respect for others
Using effective communication skills requires strong self-esteem. This may be impossible for a person from a family where such communication was never modeled. A person who learned covert, aggressive, disrespectful communication patterns would not be successful in a work group where the preceding, effective behavior is expected.
4. Demonstrating the ability to trust others When employe
Don’t feel appreciated on your job? You’re not alone. Even worse than not receiving praise for good work, is being degraded, belittled or ridiculed by your supervisor, coworkers or both.No matter what job you have, there are some aspects of it you don’t like. Many people work in an atmosphere so toxic that they dread going to work, and often experience sick spells from the anticipation and actual abuse, etc. What can you do if you’re in a negative work environment?Most people would quickly retort, “Quit! Get another job.” But is that really the solution? Of course you want to seek a job where you can feel appreciated and gratified, but changing jobs may not bring the happy results you’re seeking if you’re going to be the same YOU in each new situation. Before you quit your job, there are a few things you may need to do.1. Assess specifica
Like a family, a company is a group of people who have an ongoing relationship with one another. Companies have several things in common with families:
1. Families have distinct ways of communicating and degrees of togetherness. For example:
• Communication may be overt or covert.
• Relationships tend to be enmeshed (too close; overly involved) or disengaged (not at all close; uninvolved).
• Boundaries may be described as diffuse (extreme togetherness), rigid (extreme separateness), or clear (ideal and appropriate).
2. There are unwritten rules which family members or employees must follow in order to survive and thrive in the system. For example, in an organization, the rules might be:
• Never call the boss by her first name.
• Always be at your desk by 8:00 A.M.
• Never eat lunch with a person of lower status.
• Don’t place any personal items on your desk or credenza.
3. Unresolved issues from the past have an effect on current functioning and communication patterns.
For example: After an emotional event such as a major strike, employees need time to process their feelings. Family therapy following a disruptive event like this would heal such wounds much more quickly.
Four Dynamics That We Bring to Work from Home
We learn to relate to people first in our families of origin. We learn to trust, communicate, listen, cooperate, and share before we reach our tenth birthday. When we join a company, we bring those abilities with us. And every work team in every company becomes a place where family dynamics play themselves out, for better or worse. Every member of every work team brings the following kinds of dynamics from home:
1. A preference for independence and autonomy vs. dependence and control For example: Some people are most comfortable in a closely supervised work situation and prefer to have everything clearly spelled out. Others find such an atmosphere suffocating and seek an environment where they are left to their own devices.
2. The ability to recognize and respond to appropriate vs. inappropriate boundaries For example: Some companies expect employees to demonstrate extreme loyalty and openness to those within the company. This atmosphere may feel comfortable to someone from a family with similar boundaries, but inappropriate to another person.
3. The ability to communicate with others effectively. This includes: • Stating opinions and expectations overtly vs. covertly
• Demonstrating listening skills
• Asking for clarification when needed
• Speaking assertively
• Showing respect for others
Using effective communication skills requires strong self-esteem. This may be impossible for a person from a family where such communication was never modeled. A person who learned covert, aggressive, disrespectful communication patterns would not be successful in a work group where the preceding, effective behavior is expected.
4. Demonstrating the ability to trust others When employee
Chip shredders are heavy-duty tools with a variety of uses. They are used to rid yards of leaves and other debris and they can quickly and safely break down a tree branch into tiny wood chips that can be used for mulch or compost. Chip shredders come in a variety of sizes, from small, electric ones used on small personal lawns, to large gas powered chip shredders perfect for use on a vast field. Some electric chip shredders go for as little as $200, while top of the line, heavy duty, gasoline powered models can cost as much as $2000.Chip shredders usually have two chutes; one for shredding plant stalks and leaves, and the other made for shredding tree branches. The items are shredded with hammers and flails at the end of the chutes. Generally, better models have more flails and hammers and can chip and shred things into tiny pieces.Chip shredd
• Never call the boss by her first name.
• Always be at your desk by 8:00 A.M.
• Never eat lunch with a person of lower status.
• Don’t place any personal items on your desk or credenza.
3. Unresolved issues from the past have an effect on current functioning and communication patterns.
For example: After an emotional event such as a major strike, employees need time to process their feelings. Family therapy following a disruptive event like this would heal such wounds much more quickly.
Four Dynamics That We Bring to Work from Home
We learn to relate to people first in our families of origin. We learn to trust, communicate, listen, cooperate, and share before we reach our tenth birthday. When we join a company, we bring those abilities with us. And every work team in every company becomes a place where family dynamics play themselves out, for better or worse. Every member of every work team brings the following kinds of dynamics from home:
1. A preference for independence and autonomy vs. dependence and control For example: Some people are most comfortable in a closely supervised work situation and prefer to have everything clearly spelled out. Others find such an atmosphere suffocating and seek an environment where they are left to their own devices.
2. The ability to recognize and respond to appropriate vs. inappropriate boundaries For example: Some companies expect employees to demonstrate extreme loyalty and openness to those within the company. This atmosphere may feel comfortable to someone from a family with similar boundaries, but inappropriate to another person.
3. The ability to communicate with others effectively. This includes: • Stating opinions and expectations overtly vs. covertly
• Demonstrating listening skills
• Asking for clarification when needed
• Speaking assertively
• Showing respect for others
Using effective communication skills requires strong self-esteem. This may be impossible for a person from a family where such communication was never modeled. A person who learned covert, aggressive, disrespectful communication patterns would not be successful in a work group where the preceding, effective behavior is expected.
4. Demonstrating the ability to trust others When employe
Corporate Cultures excluding highly contributing employee input will soon find itself with an insufficient and less than seasoned workforceMany American workers are becoming more savvy when choosing how to spend their work life. The days of choosing a career and remaining with that same career for our entire lifespan have long since passed. There are several contributing factors to this trend but I believe they all come from the same root cause. A lack of focused intention.The trouble with most relationships is that we pick out the one little thing we do not want, and then give that unwanted thing all of our focus, energy, and attention, thus bringing ourselves more of the very thing we did not want.I have witnessed this very phenomenon so many times in my own work life; it never ceases to amaze me, the fallout that naturally follows this
Four Dynamics That We Bring to Work from Home
We learn to relate to people first in our families of origin. We learn to trust, communicate, listen, cooperate, and share before we reach our tenth birthday. When we join a company, we bring those abilities with us. And every work team in every company becomes a place where family dynamics play themselves out, for better or worse. Every member of every work team brings the following kinds of dynamics from home:
1. A preference for independence and autonomy vs. dependence and control For example: Some people are most comfortable in a closely supervised work situation and prefer to have everything clearly spelled out. Others find such an atmosphere suffocating and seek an environment where they are left to their own devices.
2. The ability to recognize and respond to appropriate vs. inappropriate boundaries For example: Some companies expect employees to demonstrate extreme loyalty and openness to those within the company. This atmosphere may feel comfortable to someone from a family with similar boundaries, but inappropriate to another person.
3. The ability to communicate with others effectively. This includes: • Stating opinions and expectations overtly vs. covertly
• Demonstrating listening skills
• Asking for clarification when needed
• Speaking assertively
• Showing respect for others
Using effective communication skills requires strong self-esteem. This may be impossible for a person from a family where such communication was never modeled. A person who learned covert, aggressive, disrespectful communication patterns would not be successful in a work group where the preceding, effective behavior is expected.
4. Demonstrating the ability to trust others When employe
It finally hit me this week what every single client, customer, person and patron truly wants -- and it's not what we're giving them. What we're giving people is details, lots of details. They come in the form of product specifications, a list of attributes, qualities, claims, guarantees, and service promises. These are all great but they don't scratch the itch... they don't satisfy the real craving that each person longs for in their day to day experience.That constant craving is for meaning.Think about it. When we are born, we are all basically blank slates -- empty notebooks upon which nothing yet is written. As we go through life we sense this blankness and we look to fill it in, write on it, doodle, draw, and color all over the pages. In doing so our little book of life begins to take on the thing we want most... meaning.
2. The ability to recognize and respond to appropriate vs. inappropriate boundaries For example: Some companies expect employees to demonstrate extreme loyalty and openness to those within the company. This atmosphere may feel comfortable to someone from a family with similar boundaries, but inappropriate to another person.
3. The ability to communicate with others effectively. This includes: • Stating opinions and expectations overtly vs. covertly
• Demonstrating listening skills
• Asking for clarification when needed
• Speaking assertively
• Showing respect for others
Using effective communication skills requires strong self-esteem. This may be impossible for a person from a family where such communication was never modeled. A person who learned covert, aggressive, disrespectful communication patterns would not be successful in a work group where the preceding, effective behavior is expected.
4. Demonstrating the ability to trust others When employe
The success anyone will have in freelance will depend not on luck, not necessarily determination, but just the simple belief that the day will come where you realize that yes, you can make a living doing it. Let me explain. What is a freelancer’s primary fear when first starting out on their own? Finding some project to work on? Yes, but that is probably number two. Of course the number one fear is “How am I going to make money to pay the bills?” This fear is often so pervasive that it prevents the larger part of the “rookies” from actually toughing out their first couple months and continuing. Starting out in freelance is almost like anything you do for the first time (ahem…). For a freelancer, it is finding the first project. I’m sure other freelancers can attest to the fact that projects get much easier to find after the first one is ou
• Demonstrating listening skills
• Asking for clarification when needed
• Speaking assertively
• Showing respect for others
Using effective communication skills requires strong self-esteem. This may be impossible for a person from a family where such communication was never modeled. A person who learned covert, aggressive, disrespectful communication patterns would not be successful in a work group where the preceding, effective behavior is expected.
4. Demonstrating the ability to trust others When employees do not trust one another, team functioning is threatened. Empowerment and motivation are maximized when people trust each other.
Signs of Dysfunction
How can you tell if a work group (or a family) is not healthy? Here are some signs of dysfunction:
1. Attendance: Excessive absenteeism and high turnover correlate to family members responding to dysfunction by becoming emotionally distant and running away.
2. Sabotage: When employees feel unable to express their feelings and opinions, they sometimes resort to acting them out by violating rules, sabotaging the company, or by displaying other passive-aggressive behaviors.
For example: In a large company, an employee recently shared a confidential, sensitive memo with a friend who worked for a competitor. The memo became front-page headlines.
3. Substance abuse: Employees feeling excessive stress at work may respond as they would in a family, by abusing substances at work or after hours.
4. Overachieving: Companies with very high expectations may create employees who routinely produce miracles. This may look admirable to an outsider, but it can produce burnout among the employees. This dynamic resembles the family that looks perfect from the outside, but is in fact severely dysfunctional.
5. Underachieving: Employees who feel unappreciated or abused may respond by producing substandard results at work, just as such family members do at home. For example: Most stores today have sales associates who act as if the customer is an interruption. These employees appear to have no interest in the success of the company.
6. Emotional or physical abuse: In some organizations, employees are routinely subjected to emotional or even physical abuse. These are obviously examples of severe dysfunction, just as they are when they occur in a family. For example: There have recently been several reports of physical and emotional abuse in the military.
7. Double bind: Some work teams have an atmosphere in which employees feel “damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”
Strategies for Resolving Problems
Following an assessment, the following family therapy interventions may help the employees of a dysfunctional company relate with one another in a healthier and more productive way.
1. Teach employees the following communication and problem-solving skills:
• How to define problems in a nonblaming way
• How to listen with empathy
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