Perceptions - How It Will Affect The Work Place

The perceptions you have of others even overflow into the work place and can cause conflicts with other coworkers. When people begin to share their thoughts with other coworkers they open up the door for their coworkers to spread the gossip. This can cause enormous amounts of animosity amongst coworkers. There is also the issue of people getting involved in other workers lives wither its work related or not. They form opinions, make accusations, and cause drama.

All of these problems are due to people forming perceptions of others when they shouldn’t. Workers should try to avoid idle gossip and concentrate on the tasks at hand. After all you are being paid to work not to congregate at the water cooler.

Thanks Jyoti for inviting me. 

I sincerely feel that there should not be any perceptions especially at the work place. Perceptions are made only to create a relationship. Though I might sound very hard on this, I believe that I am in the office to work and not to have perceptions of the people around me.  As humanbeings we tend to create a relationship between us and try to work on that.  Let those relationships be limited to work place.  You dont get friends/brothers/sisters everywhere.  There can be very, very few confidential ones who you would share your thoughts with.

Why open up yourslef to people, expect things from them and have a heratbreat at the end of the day.  My personal feeling is limit oneself to his work and get the work done.  Relationships in the office should be very healthy and maximum work related. 

Then you should come out with why do companies have get togethers? These activites are expected to create a comrediere amongst the employees and keep them positive on their perception of company and work.  These also help the employees be on one page along with the mission/vision of the Company.

Jypoti, you have created a very sensitive topic and I hope I have given my "perception" of this to  you. 

All our perceptions are at once a combination of mental and physical. Physical is fairly straight forward. Mental on the other hand draws on intangible factors. Our background, upbringing, values, morals, sense of ethics and so on have a bearing on our perception. Why go that far? If you get up in the morning in a foul mood, chances are you will be negatively oriented most of the morning!!!

So our perceptions affect the way function in society. It takes a lot of discipline to control such things and always function effectively cheerfully at work no matter how you began the day or what problems you are facing.

A good approach could be to ensure clarity in all aspects of business. Due attention to detail, defining well and open communication is forever helpful in keeping use of perception to bare minimum. This could be further reduced with constant interventions.

Effective Management must work continually to keep use of perceptions to nil, especially lower down the pyramid. Too many cooks can spoil the broth. 

THANK YOU JYOTI.ONE`S MINDSET AT THE TIME OF FORMING AN OPINION ABOUT OTHERS ALSO COUNTS IN PERCEPTION.EASIEST WAY IS TO SIT DISCUSS AND SORT OUT ANY MISGIVINGS AND START LIFE AFRESH INSTEAD OF CARRYING UNWANTED EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS WHICH WILL DEFINITELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES AND ONE`S PERFORMANCE IN WORK PLACE EITHER IT BE A BLUE COLLAR OR WHITE COLLAR JOB.