Tham khảo tài liệu 'back and fix it with the secrets of a top executive image consultant_3', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, quản trị kinh doanh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 78 CHANGE ONE THING applies to you. Smokers although banned from indulging in the office still carry the smell of smoke long after they have come back from their break. If you must smoke do it outside where your clothes can air out as much as possible or have a smoking jacket an article of clothing that you wear while smoking and leave in the closet afterward. And go easy on the fragrances. Many people are allergic to perfume cologne and aftershave so wearing too much which means the fragrance hangs in the air long after you ve left the room will make people want to strap on an oxygen mask. 3. You talk too loudly on the phone. Unless you have a private office use your indoor voice when talking on the phone. This is one of the complaints I hear most often from office workers especially those who are sitting side by side in cubicles. 4. You goof off too much. Everyone goofs off now and then which is fine and actually good for recharging the batteries. Companies like Google encourage letting off steam by having basketball courts and Ping Pong tables at the office because they know that workers will stay at the office longer when they are having fun. But if you are missing deadlines and are more of an online poker player than a team player your colleagues and supervisors will soon tire of your all-play-and-no-work attitude. 5. You re a brownnoser. While it s important to stay in the good graces of your boss kissing up to the supervisor is not only irritating it s also counterproductive. Business leaders don t need or want people who agree with everything they say because they are not always right. Having an original thought and coming up WHAT KIND OF COLLEAGUE ARE YOU 79 with new and better ideas is far better for the company. Staying later than everyone else on your team so you can e-mail the boss with a time stamp to give the impression that you were last man or woman standing is another example of a grandstanding ploy that will backfire. Remember it is just as .
