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Getting Along with Co-workers: Lesson 1 of 2

|CLB Level: 4 |Method: |

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|Essential Skills Focus: |1. Solicit background knowledge: Ask the students about their experiences with co-workers. Did|

|Working with Others |they get along for the most part? Why? If not, why not? Solicit negative and positive |

|Oral Communication |attitudes. |

| |2. Group students in pairs. Give a set of “Attitude” pictures to each pair. Ask the students |

|Task: Getting along with co-workers |to talk about each picture in the context of work experience. Ask them to talk about negative |

| |and positive attitudes they see in the pictures. |

|Purpose: Students will |3. Brainstorm with the students what they saw in the pictures. Can they come up with any more |

|Work together to come up with positive ways |positive or negative attitudes or behaviours that can affect the work atmosphere? |

|to get along with co-workers. |4. Have students read: ‘Getting Along With Co-Workers’. |

| |5. Have students do the activity sheet: ‘Getting Along Scenarios’. |

|Materials: | |

|-sets of 9 pictures |Follow Up: |

|-teacher-made material (see attached). | |

| |On subsequent days students will role play scenarios handed out by teacher. |

|Learning Style: | |

|Kinaesthetic, auditory |Debrief/Transfer: |

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|Time: 90 minutes |Brainstorm with the students what they learned from this activity. |

| |Discuss with students what essential skills they used in this activity. |

| |Discuss the real life application/importance of getting along with their co-workers. |

Greeting

Team player

Office politics

Disruptive (not considerate)

Give compliment

Pointing finger at others

Gossip

Volunteer

Be polite

READING

GETTING ALONG WITH CO-WORKERS

Most workers spend more time with co-workers than they do at home with their own families, spouses and children. It is important, then, to be able to get along well with co-workers.

The following skills are important as they can affect everything from good mental health to being chosen for assignments or projects to being selected for a promotion:

1. Greet your co-workers when you see them. A simple "good morning" goes a long way.

2. Be a team player. If you are working with your co-worker on a project, do your part and as much as you can to avoid unnecessary stress on your teammates.

3. Try not to get too involved in office politics. Office politics involves the complex network of power and status that exists within any group of co-workers. Getting involved in office politics may be non-productive and lead to negative results.

4. Be considerate. Make sure you don’t do anything that would interrupt other workers from doing their work.

5. If your co-worker takes the initiative on a project or comes up with a good idea, compliment him for his work.

6. Don’t go out of your way to point out a co-worker’s mistakes or limitations, especially in front of other co-workers or your boss. However, if you need to give constructive criticism or feedback, do so at an appropriate time in private.

7. Don’t get involved with gossip. Not only is it a total waste of time, it’s also a very negative practice. If a co-worker tries to speak about another co-worker with you, politely change the subject and let her know you would rather not talk about it because it’s not your business.

8. Offer to help out or volunteer if it’s something you know you can do. Co-workers will appreciate it and your boss may take notice.

9. It is always good practice to be polite, have good manners. Politeness is culturally defined, what is considered polite in one culture can often be quite rude or simply strange in another. There are ways to ask and ways to answer questions. For example, when you don’t understand what the person is saying you can say: “When you were saying ….. did you mean….?” An impolite way to ask would be: “What?” Another example when you need time to answer you can say: “That’s a very good question. I will think about it and give you the answer soon.” An impolite way to answer would be: “Don’t ask me!”

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