While many of us often strive to think of our professional and personal relationships as two separate entities (each ignorant of one another), we usually forget that they intersect and share commonalities.
These commonalities typically revolve around success – precisely, the behavioural traits needed to make these two important aspects of a person’s life successful.
If you’re wondering what these traits are, here are some of them for you to consider:
1) Trustworthiness
Solid relationships are founded on the bedrock of trust. It takes such a long time to build and it is hard (if not almost impossible) to attain once lost. Personal and professional connections generally fail if there isn’t trust.
This characteristic is also applicable to your professional life. As an employee, having the trust of your boss is critical – it means that he/she has the confidence in your ability to deliver and meet the required deadlines.
Externally, this type of assurance also plays a vital role in the relationship between a company and its consumers. It can mean the difference between a business that flourishes or fails.
In personal relationships, individuals need trust to feel safe, vulnerable, comfortable, open and close to one another.
2) Respect
Workers who are treated with respect by their colleagues and superiors (and made to feel like valued members of the organisation) are encouraged to reach their full potential, and in so doing, are able to positively contribute towards the productivity of the company.
The same goes for two people in a romantic relationship: they need to genuinely feel some level of admiration for each other, irrespective of their faults, to become a better and stronger unit.
3) Honesty
It is a known fact that openness is an integral part towards successful working liaisons. Whether it’s between two colleagues (vital for team morale), managers and their team members (visible in coaching and offering constructive feedback), or even between an organisation and its target audience (it fortifies the umbilical cord of brand trust) – honesty is necessary.
The ability to express oneself honestly is also crucial in forming bonds – both people need to feel heard and that no topic is off limits. This also allows them to engage in meaningful conversations with one another and assists in building a genuine connection.
4) Teamwork
In both personal and professional relationships, there needs to be a strong feeling of partnership to meet their respective objectives.
The respect and sense of value that companies inspire their workers with is what makes them do their individual parts to reach a collective goal. Darlings, also, both need each other to make better decisions and address problems they encounter.
Yin-Yang isn’t it? Hopefully, this post acts as a reminder for you to pay close attention to these two parts of your life and make it richer.
