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Saying No is the biggest challenge all of us face whether at the workplace or at home. Here's how you can become better at saying no!
Saying ‘No’ is the biggest challenge all of us face whether at the workplace or at home. Here’s how you can become better at saying no, while maintaining relationships.
If you are a career woman, the chances are you are either highly overworked at both home and office or guilt ridden for always missing that meeting or worrying about all the home chores you left behind.
How that ‘No’ is communicated makes a world of difference. At the workplace, the context and the tone and tenor is an important subtext. The following tips may come in handy in a tricky situation at your workplace.
Don’t natter: When communicating on your decision, its important to stay on topic. Don’t wander away from the subject at hand nor elapse into a nervy ramble. Have the discussion (which might be lengthy) but be clear and honest about your reasons. For it to be well received, make sure you prepare in advance of that conversation, your motivations as well as the reasons as to your ‘No’. Avoid making that either a firm ‘No’ or a timid ‘No’ but just something delivered in an even tenor.
Delivery: It is also extremely important that you leave no room for doubt in the minds of the recipient as to your decision. Don’t leave the impression that you might just be convinced with the right words nor that you are a stubborn person who brooks no argument. While its important to communicate well as to the background and the context, it’s not necessary that you need to address every tiny point against that’s raised by your recipient. Be clear, be upright and more importantly, be convinced yourself as to your reasons and your decision.
Finally, while it might be extremely difficult for have such conversations with your boss or senior colleagues, most people in general appreciate candour in a thoughtful conversation/discussion if communicated in the right way. Make sure though that you make these decisions after careful consideration and communicate them without burning bridges or ruining work relationships.
The key is to practice these conversations, rehearse and re-rehearse before delivery.
First published at author’s blog.
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Author of Maya & the Mind Mystics novella. Word Sculptor. Wodehouse fan. Bibliophile. Chartered Accountant. An ardent believer of the reality of multiverses. read more...
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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