Timeline for How can I keep myself from overstepping my authority with co-workers?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:48 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 9, 2014 at 13:25 | vote | accept | Zibbobz | ||
| May 7, 2014 at 22:11 | comment | added | gnat | @Ben I believe that one needs to be open and honest with self to start with. Giving unsolicited advice (also called "guide" in linked Wikipedia article) to someone you don't know well enough is neither open nor honest (as opposed to openly asking questions and honestly trying to learn about how peers think) | |
| May 7, 2014 at 22:04 | comment | added | Ben | It certainly works when there's mutual trust (you don't need credibility in order to ask whether doing something a different way would be better), you don't require much though. It's the trust that you will be treated as an adult if you ask a question and that you will treat the person you're asking the same. As I say, this certainly isn't true everywhere, it's not even true everywhere I've worked; but being open and honest with co-workers and mutually feeding back is not something that should be cast aside so readily. (this could also be country dependent - worker protections differ etc). | |
| May 7, 2014 at 21:58 | comment | added | gnat | @Ben what you describe works only when there's mutual trust and understanding between colleagues (see "establish mutual trust and credibility" bullet in my answer). This is not the case in the situation asked about: "I'm not supposed to even know that my co-worker complained about anything" - giving unsolicited advice in a context like that has cost me a couple of career issues in the past | |
| May 7, 2014 at 21:52 | comment | added | Ben | "It is safer to avoid giving advice to your peers"... I can't disagree with this more. If someone has a better suggestion than me then not telling me for fear I won't like being given advice is just plain stupid. I work with adults and we're really not afraid to speak up and be told that we're wrong, whether it's the advice giver or receiver. It's a really good way for people to learn. I accept that this won't be the case in all industries or companies but to start with a default position of no one is allowed to question anything is really quite depressing. | |
| May 7, 2014 at 21:40 | history | edited | gnat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
above approach may even help establish mutual trust and credibility...
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| May 7, 2014 at 16:51 | history | edited | gnat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
minor wordsmithing
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| May 7, 2014 at 13:29 | history | edited | gnat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 7, 2014 at 12:59 | history | answered | gnat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |