Very few people do not have bad office habits that they need to break. For some, it’s tardiness. For others, it’s gossiping. And one of the major reasons why they remain habits is that they are tolerated. If you are holding a manager job in the office, you should do your part in implementing rules and setting standards so that bad habits are forced to be broken.
Another thing you have to do, and this is more important, is that you yourself should avoid bad habits. If you have bad habits, break them. Correction will liberate you and will give way to good habits that will help you become a better professional. You may be so used to doing these things that you don’t notice these bad habits anymore:
- Gossip. You go out for lunch with a specific officemate because she has the best gossip every single day. You may not be the one spilling the beans, but listening and making comments about your other workmates is just plain unethical and offending. The only thing you have to remember when it comes to gossip is this: If it does not concern you or the person you are talking to, then you have no business talking about it.
- Tardiness. Maybe your boss allows you to come in at whatever time you feel comfortable. But arriving at the office three hours after everybody else does not look good anymore. Although you may not be reprimanded, its effect on your reputation is larger than you think it is.
- Undertime. Maybe it’s ok to leave ten minutes earlier than you’re supposed to, but maybe it’s not. The thing with this kind of bad habit is that you will be prone to compromises as time passes. Those ten minutes may extend to twenty minutes and longer, until you would not care about ethics anymore and would always leave early. Compromising may even extend to other tasks in the office, such as producing excellent outputs and neglecting the welfare of your teammates.
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