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Jerks at WorkJerks at Work
How to Deal with ThemHow to Deal with Them
Introduction
The vast majority of people in any given business are nice.
They’re helpful, sympathetic, likable and quite good people.
Introduction
Only a tiny minority are unpleasant or abrasive.
Jerk - Definition
A stupid person who does not cares about the effect of his actions.
Jerk – Main Features
Lack of respect.
Offensive approach.
He is arrogant and believes he is always right.
Lack of common sense.
Why do we have jerks at work?
HR won’t let me fire the jerk.
He is much better at confrontation than I am.
He has specialized skills.
He owns our most important customers.
He has friends in high places.
Jerk – Main Outcomes
He creates a feeling of insatisfaction inside the company.
Stress and fierce competition.
Demotivation and poor team-working.
Jerk – Main Outcomes
Make people unhappy at work and thereby cause stress and increase absenteeism
Reduce the motivation of those around them.
Jerk – Main Outcomes
Create more jerks - because jerkism can be contagious.
Inhibit teamwork and team spirit.
Harm productivity for all of the above reasons.
Jerk – Ways to Deal
Rate your employees.
Give a chance of changes for our employees.
Analyze the performance and behavior of your team.
Have nice conversations among the group.
Lico Reis Consultoria & Línguas
Prof. Roberto Lico Reis
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