{"id":4509,"date":"2013-08-23T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=4509"},"modified":"2013-08-23T06:00:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:00:47","slug":"genuineness-in-the-workplace-how-essential-is-it-to-team-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2013\/08\/23\/genuineness-in-the-workplace-how-essential-is-it-to-team-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Genuineness in the Workplace \u2013 How Essential is it to Team Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"In<\/a>Imagine for a moment two different workplace scenarios:<\/p>\n

Scenario A: Your boss or team leader sits down at your desk and starts a conversation. They ask how your day is going, what projects you are working on, or if you need additional resources to perform tasks at hand. They keep eye contact, listen to your responses, and offer valuable input or recognition for the progress you are making.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s take scenario B: Your boss or team leader sits down at your desk and starts this same conversation. Again, they ask how your day is going, what projects you are working on, or if you need additional resources to perform your job. The only difference is they are looking at their watch, talking to other employees as they walk by, or stop the conversation midstream to go about another task.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the difference between these two interactions? Genuineness.\u00a0 In the first scenario, the individual was honestly interested in what you had to say and in the second scenario — not so much.\u00a0 And, <\/i>it\u2019s not difficult to tell when an individual is being genuine with you. The body language and conversation is natural and unforced, there is no air of superiority over the other person, and an authentic connection is made.<\/p>\n

In my book, Engagement, Retention & Growth<\/i><\/a>,<\/i> I state, \u201cwhen relationships are genuine, people do not feel tricked, manipulated, coerced, or lied to.\u201d We are emerging from a lengthy recession where genuineness and honesty all but disappeared due to mishandled and sugar coated information regarding layoffs, budget cuts and expensive business development coaching programs. Leaders loudly proclaimed they held values like integrity and honesty in high esteem; however, their actions proved otherwise.<\/p>\n

In this post-recession era, individuals now seek leaders, mentors and coworkers who are genuine and honest where authentic workplace relationships can be formed and nurtured. They are seeking \u201creal\u201d relationships where trust is not taken for granted or abused. When there is genuineness in the workplace, it also leads to:<\/p>\n