In the workplace, we are often faced with the choice of whether or not to help others. Although kindness is a virtue, excessive good guy cards can get yourself in trouble. This article will explain how to do what you can in the workplace to avoid being scapegoated, and how to maintain an efficient and sensible division of duties.We often encounter situations where we need to help others in our work, and as a member of the team, we want to actively help others and try to solve problems. However, we also need to choose wisely when to help so as not to become scapegoats or over-drain our own energy.
How to take responsibility wisely in a small team
We need to be clear about our responsibilities and the boundaries of our capabilities. As a team leader or basic manager of a small team, we usually face a small team with a limited scope of management. In this case, we may be asked to take on more responsibilities or even help the leader take the blame. However, we need to judge when it's worth taking the blame. We need to consider whether we are familiar with the relevant business and whether we can fully grasp it. If we help others and something ends up going wrong, we can be scapegoats. Therefore, in this case, we need to be careful to judge whether it is worth helping others.
Avoid being a second-hand busy, and focus on effective collaboration
We want to avoid being someone else's second-hand favor. The so-called second-hand busyness means that when others come to us to help solve a problem, we may not be able to provide effective help because we are not familiar with the relevant business. Especially in joint debugging and testing, which may involve the cooperation of multiple teams, some people ask us to help with end-to-end testing. However, we need to understand that helping others doesn't have to be done, especially when it's not part of our job. We want to avoid being pulled into the water by others because we are not familiar with the business in question and may end up being accused of inaccurate testing or problems.
Compassion and Responsibility Boundaries in the Workplace
We need to be cautious about compassion. Many times, we offer to help others out of empathy for them. However, in the workplace, we need to be clear about boundaries and avoid overly helping others. While kindness is a virtue, helping others excessively can drag ourselves down and prevent us from having enough time and energy for personal growth and learning. We need to understand that our own interests always come first, and we cannot always sacrifice our own interests in order to help others.
The good guy card in the workplace is an issue that requires serious consideration. Although kindness is a commendable quality, helping others excessively can get yourself into trouble. We need to be clear about our responsibilities and the boundaries of our capabilities to avoid being scapegoated. At the same time, we need to be cautious about compassion, do what we can, and avoid overly helping others. Only by maintaining an efficient and reasonable division of responsibilities can we go further in the workplace and achieve personal growth and development.