Comments on: Dreaming of a Happier Workplace http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/2009/08/20/dreaming-of-a-happier-workplace/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul Meshanko http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/2009/08/20/dreaming-of-a-happier-workplace/#comment-335 Paul Meshanko Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/blog/?p=129#comment-335 I vividly remember working with a steel industry client in IN many years ago. One of my [hourly] teamwork training attendees made quite a spectacle of himself explaining to the class how horribly he had been treated by his supervisor...which was why he had no interest in participating in our session. Turns out the incident in question had happed nearly 12 years prior, but he was still carrying the memory around with him as though it had happened yesterday. It had, in fact, become part of the "story" that he retold (God know how many times) that defined him to his colleagues. Not only was this an obvious cause of an engagement and productivity drain on the organization, but a self-imposed impediment to job satisfaction to the individual. Grudges for any reason serve absolutely no one. I vividly remember working with a steel industry client in IN many years ago. One of my [hourly] teamwork training attendees made quite a spectacle of himself explaining to the class how horribly he had been treated by his supervisor…which was why he had no interest in participating in our session.

Turns out the incident in question had happed nearly 12 years prior, but he was still carrying the memory around with him as though it had happened yesterday. It had, in fact, become part of the “story” that he retold (God know how many times) that defined him to his colleagues. Not only was this an obvious cause of an engagement and productivity drain on the organization, but a self-imposed impediment to job satisfaction to the individual. Grudges for any reason serve absolutely no one.

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