vocabulary for a better workplace
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VOCABULARYFOR A BETTER WORKPLACE
ALTRUISM
THE OTHER(S) BEFORE OURSELVES
APPRECIATION
THE ABILITY TO GIVE HUMANS ACTIONS AND EVENTS THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
APPROACHABLE
(BEING) BY ACKNOWLEDGING OUR FELLOW COLLEAGUES WE ALLOW THEM TO GET CLOSER TO US
BEAUTY
IT CAN BE FOUND IN ANY OF US, IT SIMPLY NEEDS TO BE SOUGHT BEYOND THE APPEARANCES
CANDOR
THROUGH AN OPEN AND HONEST EXPRESSION WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OTHERS AND ABOUT US
EMPATHY
UNDERSTANDING OR FEELING WHAT ANOTHER BEING IS EXPERIENCING
EQUALITY
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE EQUAL, REGARDLESS OF RANKING, IS KEY TO CREATING A BETTER WORKPLACE. IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT EQUALITY, JUST THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAME TO BEING AND WHERE WE ARE GOING…
FAIR
THE “TRUE NORTH” ANY AMBITIOUS COMPANY SHOULD SET ITS COMPASS TO
GENEROSITY
THE ABILITY TO SHARE ASSETS (INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL) WITH THE OTHERS
GENUINE
SINCERE
GENTLE
A GENTLE APPROACH FOSTERS A GENUINELY POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT
GOOD
GREAT IS FANTASTIC, BUT THERE CANNOT BE GREAT WITHOUT GOOD. START WITH IT AND DEVELOP IT
GRACE
THE VIRTUE OF THE SOFT TOUCH
HONESTY
WITH OURSELVES BEFORE THAN THE OTHERS
LISTENING
THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE VERBAL MESSAGES
MENTORING
HELPING LESS EXPERIENCED OR LESS KNOWLEDGEABLE COLLEAGUE(S)
MITIGATING
(CIRCUMSTANCES) THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAY HAVE LED TO A SITUATION AND TO APPLY ADEQUATE
PERSPECTIVE TO THE PICTURE
THOROUGH
CAREFUL, COMPLETE, RIGOROUS, METICULOUS
UNDERSTANDING
TOLERANT, FORGIVING
VISION
THE GOAL(S) SET BY A COMPANY OR AN INDIVIDUAL. WHAT, WHY, HOW