Our Corporate Life
July 7, 2015   •   Volume 6, Issue 14   •   ISSN: 2154-3240    
In This Issue
♦   Feature Article: Personal Warmth
Ask Amanda: How do I deal with teammates who are taking gifts from vendors?
♦   Practical Tips: Inappropriate Kindness
 
Personal Warmth

Success at work is directly related to your social skills. Why do we like some people more than others? Usually it’s because of how they make us feel. Those identified as having personal warmth are seen as more sincere and natural, and less self-centered and dominating, than others. They possess the ability to put others at ease. According to Dr. Victor M. Goldin, “The message they send is, ‘If I’m me, then you have the right to be you.'”

You can cultivate the ability to give others center stage without putting yourself in the background.
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Thought to Ponder

Our priorities dictate our results.

  
Practical Tips:
Inappropriate Kindness

You’ve probably heard the truism that too much of anything is a bad thing. Is it possible, then, to be too nice? In a word, yes.

At work, the effusively nice person often makes people uncomfortable—inappropriate kindness (too many favors, too much concern) may be a sign of a socially awkward individual, an attempt to obligate you, or even a sort of power play.
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 ask Amanda
Question:

Because I’m the “face” of the team that awards contracts externally, I’m known to most potential consultants for my company and while I like many of them personally, I’ve made it clear that I do not socialize with vendors. Now I’ve discovered that others on my team are accepting theater and sports tickets. We don’t have a policy but this feels wrong to me. What should I do? J.M., Scotch Plains, NJ

Amanda Mitchell
Answer:

It’s not clear from your question what your relationship is to the other team members. If you’re their manager, now is a good time to create a policy and get buy-in from management. Most companies have a policy that employees are not allowed to accept anything over a nominal dollar amount.
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