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3 Ways Around Workplace Roadblocks

Guest post by: Sylvia Lafair

Article Overview: Is your cash flow your #1 roadblock to success? Think again......about workplace relationships! Read Sylvia's approach to finding the way to removing those roadblocks, and the way "OUT" of the situations that sit in the way of your dreamed-about ultimate success.

3 Ways Around Workplace Roadblocks

If you were to list the main barriers to success, what would you put in the number two spot?

Number one is usually around cash flow, and entrepreneurs often have to be creative and clever to keep dialing for dollars.

Number two spot usually goes to workplace relationships. Even if you are a solo flyer, you still have tons of people to communicate with day after day. Some relationships are simple and get good grades, others are the ones that cause either gray hair or the desire to pull it out of your head altogether.

Workplace relationships are the elephants that sit in the middle of the room taking up all the space for real work to get done, they are the phantoms that lurk in the corners scaring people into staying silent and not bringing suggestions or kick-ass ideas to the table.

In our Total Leadership Connections program we offer the way around workplace relationship roadblocks, that most annoying and illusive area of building and sustaining a business. Here are the three main ways to consider removing the big boulders, the way OUT, that sit in the way of your dreamed-about ultimate success:

• OBSERVE: The more you are able to read your own behavior patterns and reactions, the more you are in control of any situation. Once you see that you are always angered by avoiders, you can learn how to talk with them in a way that does not cause them to run out of the room. Tthey can be coached to stay and be part of the solution. The 13 patterns of behavior most visible in any office setting can be tamed and you can lead around the obstacles

• UNDERSTAND: As you learn more about yourself and the reasons for your reactions, your self-awareness is a comfort to your employees and customers. You do not have to explain where your behavior originated; work is not a rehab facility! However, when there is a sureness of footing in the leader, it gives others a sense of safety in uncertain times and a willingness to follow your directives to get past the tight spaces with very little leg room.

• TRANSFORM: When you are able to express your emotions and give the safe space for others to do the same, it builds morale. When you attempt to hide your feelings from others, mirror neurons kick in (this is the social brain in action -we really do feel what is not said) and everyone around you senses something is wrong and automatically feels threatened. Being spontaneous and authentic actually makes people feel good, and that is good for business.

The best way around the big rocks and steep slopes of workplace relationships is to be the catalyst to create an atmosphere that promotes openness and a sense of belonging. Your colleagues and employees will thank you by buying your products, increased loyalty to your company and letting the world know you are a brand to be trusted.

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