Negative Workplace Communication Ethics

Healthy communication relationships with co-workers are developed by some basic communication manners. We all have a memory or current relationship with a co-worker that thinks or has been allowed to interact with other workers via the cold shoulder treatment, not acknowledging you by your name, will not make eye contact or is always complaining. Being older and in the workforce greater than 25 years I have learned and no longer feel that their treatment is personal. Even if it is personal I no longer become nervous or intimated by their communication manners. I know that my work ethics including my communication with co-workers has not warranted their communication choices. Regardless of their style I feel that I still have every right to acknowledge them by their name, make eye contact, and not be a chronic complainer. I feel that something deeper is making a co-worker not acknowledge me by my name or not making eye contact with me. While I cannot change my co-workers choice I have the choice to treat them kindly. Time and example I feel will be the greatest assest that I can contribute to a co-workers negative communication manners. As a co-worker I feel that it is not my job to disclipine another co-worker unless I am their manager. If I am their manger then a coaching process needs to be implemented that leads to more formal disclipine. I feel that I have to pick your battles and always strive to be an employee that desires to help. A previous manager always told us, be here, be on time and do the best that you can do. I feel that if every employee showed up to work with these three goals just think how much less negative workplace communications would take place.