Knowing how to impose yourself in the office

Dare: express your ideas

Sometimes, expressing your ideas or a contrary opinion implies taking on responsibilities, but in the office it is essential. This attitude allows you to defend your point of view, but also to assert your skills in the "business environment". Don't you want to miss the opportunity to work on an interesting project or, on the contrary, don't you want to find yourself systematically taking care of the most ungrateful tasks? Then dare, take the word, they expect it from someone like you!

Build a positive image

To be able to succeed in life - and not just at work - you must first have confidence in yourself. Why not take theater or body expression courses to overcome your shyness and fear of public speaking? You will find a way to relax, but also an opportunity to regain control and create a new image of yourself, more complete and terminated

Learn to say no

Staying in the office late, carrying out an order, accepting an urgent dossier or a lunch with colleagues even if you have a thousand things to do ... You would have preferred to say no, but you did not succeed, because you did not know how to dare. However, knowing how to refuse is also a way of affirming oneself. And saying no, provided you do it right, of course, doesn't mean you are appreciated less. In reverse. You must define your job skills and enforce these limits, for your own well-being and that of others. Express yourself, therefore, without resorting to excuses or throwing yourself into interminable speeches, and do not hesitate to explain the reasons for your refusal. This attitude will allow you to clarify the situation and elicit understanding from your interlocutor.

Defend your personal spaces ...

The office is a small community, in which sometimes you have to deal with more or less intrusive colleagues. So there is the colleague who systematically invades a corner of your desk returning from the coffee break, and c 'is he who always finds an excuse to borrow your red stapler / glue / pen ... you start to have enough? Even that colleague who always has a thousand problems and comes crying on your shoulder, or the one who wants to know all the details of your private life, on the pretext of becoming your friend?

The solution is simple: defend yourself and set limits. Calmly, but also firmly, you can tell these people that you appreciate their company, but that you need so much calm and concentration ...

... and your professional spaces

Knowing how to impose yourself in the office also means knowing how to defend your skills and your field of action. Within a group or team, sometimes there are conflicts of power that can make working conditions difficult. One of yours collaborators systematically hinders your work? Fighting to get a job as if it were a matter of life or death? Does he challenge you, constantly compete with you? Perhaps he is stimulated by the balance of power, which pushes him to give the better. But it may also be that he has no confidence in himself. In this case he tries to find the words, and the right time, to make him understand that he must not feel threatened: you have no desire to take his place, but you don't want to not even that he tries to step on your feet.

Leading a team, between elasticity and firmness

Authority is not always enough to obtain consensus. Managing a team presupposes knowing how to make decisions, knowing how to have them executed, but also knowing how to be respected. An essential point to consider in these cases is communication. To avoid being misunderstood, be clear. Explain the projects in as much detail as possible: their content, objectives, how to implement them, the means available, the deadlines ... But knowing how to impose yourself, however, also means listening to others. Regularly check the good progress of projects, worry about any obstacles and difficulties and at the same time find a way to solve them. Show your team that you are not only a controlling body, but that you are also committed and that you can be counted on. And most importantly, congratulate your team, encourage them. These are the attitudes that will make you a good boss!