From the course: How to Proactively Manage Conflict as an Employee
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When conflict clashes with your values
From the course: How to Proactively Manage Conflict as an Employee
When conflict clashes with your values
- My friend, Bob Sutton, is a Stanford professor and bestselling author who writes about the world of work. He once told me that it's impossible to fix a toxic job. If you work somewhere that's oppressive and degrading, look around, those people were once like you, optimistic, eager to succeed, excited about the future, but something happened. They became indifferent to a broken culture. You won't fix them. Here's what's even scarier, you'll probably turn out to be one of them if you're not careful. How do you distinguish between work environments that still hold the opportunity for growth, and others where change and transformation are nearly impossible? I would ask yourself a few questions. Am I proud of the work that I'm doing? Do I have more good days than bad days on the job? When I'm not at work, do I look forward to returning to my job and seeing my colleagues? Can I speak up about things that I would like to…
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