How far can man go in terms of personal/professional relationship?!

Sometimes we as human beings try to draw the line between professional and personal attitude mostly trying to preserve ourselves.

HOW FAR CAN I ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES STEP INTO MY PRIVATE SPHERE – this came into the question in early spring while being in Latvia and having little understanding of the potential colleagues-friends. One of my colleagues suggested me to connect others I had never met in social portals. Too early, I thought! My position that close social friendship has to come after professional attitude has always worked. Revealing personality in private space would not be „professional”... I was temporizing.

BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.

In the company where employees has to work in pairs, small teams and teammates are changeable time after time, in the company where employees are willing to advice each other and share the duties personal contact has the same significance as the air we breath. The stronger the private relations the better.

Company I am working at somehow gives me conviction - the team should be made of common symbolic events, of common understanding instead of being secret or suspicious. Interconnections and time spent together creates safety and mutual trust what are the cornerstones of successful collaboration of the team. It lets humor burst out – to my mind one of the most important part of work environment.

The combination of private and professional attitude helps to perceive the work as a hobby: if we like the environment we are, WE ARE WILLING TO INVEST OUR EFFORT to gain positive outcome – at first we operate to gain positive outcome of personally significant relationship. If we have good relationship with colleagues specially when working in small teams, we will do our best TO BE GOOD PARTNER TO THE FRIEND. For company it means to make more profit, to develop and to facilitate positive image because workers are the heralds of goodness spreading the company around. (To my mind).

Being in close personal contact means TO LAUGH A LOT AT THE LUNCH TABLE:) (We love to share fun during the lunch!:) ) It means …to understand what’s really going on (the climate) in the company otherwise colleagues can stay silent mechanically fulfilling the roles. The situation they are not afraid to express their feelings, to share the opinions, to compare, to judge is the most favorable to the company. (To my mind).

HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

The other side of the coin. The relationship cannot become more important than other values, so that we can save the reasonable view on being in company and developing ourselves. Circumspection is necessary as well. Capitalistic age… (however I think the same has been in all times – the use and the abuse). MAN HAS TO HAVE THE FEELING!

Regarding to the leader:

All the leader has to do is to support the idea that employees are in close relationship in private sphere and constantly monitor it to avoid creating alliances against him or other teammates. It is the sense again! :)

How the environment is created?

Day by day by communicating and by demonstrating the attitude it somehow establishes common symbols what let come closer and what unify so that allocating the environment particular shape and content.

Instead of conclusion:

There always has to be personal relationship in work but always the rules under which we play must be clear so that the relationship cannot overshadow professional work. I THINK. I DO.

P.S. Photos with some colleagues from one of my colleagues leaving afternoon before two weeks.