Bring Your "A" Game to Work: Review #1

If you want to be successful at work, you must respect your manager's authority, even if you believe he or she does not deserve it.

• True

• False

No matter what you do in life, you’ll have to deal with people you like and people you don’t like.

• True
• False

People who succeed at work learn to accept their coworkers as:

• competitors

• teammates

• friends

• strangers

Acceptance means:

• working extra hours for no pay

• learning more and developing more skills

• doing more than the minimum daily requirement

• following the rules of your employment

One way to stand out as a valuable employee is to keep calm and control your emotions when there is conflict at work.

• True

• False

Tori works with two other girls in an ice cream shop. The two other girls are constantly whispering to each other and laughing, and Tori feels like they are gossiping about her. She has even heard them making fun of her hair and the way she talks. She is tempted to either quit or to confront them and tell them to shut up. What should she do?

• She should show them how angry she is with her body language without actually saying anything.

• She should try to get one of them fired.

• She should focus on working hard and make the best of the situation. She should not let her emotions get the best of her.

• She should plan some witty remarks in response when they talk about her.

The company Cameron works for has a policy against using cell phones during work hours. Cameron now leaves his cell phone at home when he goes to work to avoid any temptation to use it. Cameron is demonstrating:

• Acceptance

• Ambition

• Appreciation

• Overcompensation

You can make sure you always act professionally at work if you:

• keep boundaries between your social life and your work life.

• let everyone know that you are not there to make friends.

• keep a distance from your coworkers.

• socialize with your coworkers.

When you accept a job, you also accept the rules that come with it.

• True
• False

If you are having problems with your boss, which of the following should you NOT do?

• Speak calmly and professionally to your boss at a quiet time when you are off the clock.

• Continue to produce good work and not let it affect your performance.

• Ask your boss about the areas in which you need to improve to become a better employee.

• Let your boss know how frustrated and angry you are.