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The key takeaways are managing ideas and information, establishing trust and confidence, managing networks and relationships, and managing difficulties to achieve positive outcomes.

The objectives of managing workplace relationships are to manage ideas and information, establish systems to develop trust and confidence, manage the development and maintenance of networks and relationships, and manage difficulties to achieve positive outcomes.

Communication and feedback helps people learn, creates opportunities for professional and personal development, boosts morale and loyalty, and provides insight into how the business is running.

BSBLDR502 Lead and manage

effective workplace relationships


Learning Objectives

▪ Manage ideas and information


▪ Establish systems to develop trust and
confidence
▪ Manage the development and
maintenance of networks and relationships
▪ Manage difficulties to achieve positive
outcomes
Definition
Workplace relationships are
unique interpersonal
relationships with important
implications for the individuals
in those relationships, and the
organisations in which the
relationships exist and develop..
(Sias,2005))
Manage ideas and information

Communication and feedback is the key to


a successful working environment as it
helps:
o people learn
o create opportunity for professional and personal
development
o boost morale and loyalty
o provide insight into how your business is
running
How can you communicate and share
ideas in the workplace?

How can you communicate and share


information in the workplace?
Achievement of work responsibilities
It is important that you ensure strategies and
processes are in place to communicate
information associated with the achievement
of work responsibilities to all co-workers.
Accountability
Direction of the company
Your own achievements
Achievement of work responsibilities

Newsletter
Intranet
Face to face
Work in group
Develop a newsletter for your team to
announce:

• Signing a big contract for a new project


• A promotion
• A birthday
• Congratulate an employee on his/her good
work
• A series of HR tips
Consultation process

Employee awareness of, and involvement in, decision-


making regularly leads to:
more productive workplaces as a result of greater
cooperation and collaboration
better and more informed decision making and successful
implementation of ideas
attraction and retention of skilled and positive staff
workplaces that are better able to cope with change
minimisation of employer/employee disputes
minimisation of employee claims against the employer.
Consultation process
Employee communication and consultation offer many
benefits:
Increases organisational performance
Improves management performance and decision
making
Improves performance and commitment in
employees
Develops trust
Increases job satisfaction
Encourages flexibility in the workplace
Consultation process

When:
Hazard or risks
Change
Making decisions
Decisions about how to consult
Consultation process

How:
Committee
Focus groups
Email
Surveys
Presentations with Q&A
Meetings
Consultation process

Consider:
Type of matters
Frequency
Who
How
How information will be shared
Outcome of consultation

Presentation
Newsletter
Email
Delegated to line managers
Read the Best Practice Guide
‘Consultation and cooperation in the
workplace’

Discuss the content of the guide with


the rest of the class
Work in group
Develop a consultation process for your team
that includes:

- How to communicate achievement of work


responsibilities
- Consultation process (what type, who to
involve, frequency etc…)
- How feedback on consultation outcome will
be shared with the employees
- Develop a feedback form
Issue management
Consider the following process as a way to formally manage these issues.:

Solicit potential issues


Issue assessment
Issue log
Assign ownership
Investigation of options with estimated impact
Review of alternatives
Implementation
Monitoring
Issue status is communicated
Escalation process
Work in group

• Develop a issue management process.


• Develop a issue escalation process (flow
chart)
Cultural diversity
Why diversity is necessary in the workplace

It is the law


Better serve customer
Better communicate with one
another
Better ideas and solutions
Diversity Plan

Assessment of diversity
Set goals
Implement the plan
Diversity policies - examples

Recruitment and selections


Testing
Pay and promotion
Diversity in the workplace

Train :
Cultural knowledge about customs, religions
and histories
 Individuals not groups
Listen actively
Review current policies
Work on resistance to change
Review multicultural perspective of your team
Diversity -considerations

Consider the list of


questions provided by your
trainer and discuss your
thoughts with the rest of the
class.
Diversity policy
Tips:
Consult with your employees
Include an objective or purpose statement
Explain what you mean by diversity & inclusion
Explain why diversity is important to your business
Specify who the policy applies to & who is responsible for its implementation
Identify the legal framework
Detail your strategies for delivering diversity
Ensure that your diversity & inclusion policy is linked to other relevant policies
Identify key outcomes
Identify how you will communicate, monitor & report your performance.
Work in group

• Review and discuss some examples of


diversity policies provided by your trainer.
Ethical values in the workplace

Dedication
Integrity
Accountability
Collaboration
Conduct
Ethical values in the workplace
Work in group

• Develop a list of values for the organisation.


• Develop a code of conduct for your team
• Describe what strategies could be used to ensure
organisation’s ethical values are adhered to
Professional conduct

Be on time Stay positive


Watch your mood Own your mistakes
Dress Appropriately
Be fair
Watch your
language Be honest
Help your colleagues Careful sharing
Don’t gossip information
Interpersonal communication - misconceptions

"If I say it, the other person will understand.“


"The more communication, the better!“
"Any problem can be solved at any time if we
communicate with each other.“
"Communication is a natural ability – some have
it, some don´t."
Self awareness

Personality
Values
Habits
Needs
Emotions
Communicating effectively

Use ‘I’ statement


Describe behaviours
without judgement
Describe your feelings
Maintain congruent verbal
and not-verbal message
Build trust
Listening and responding
Focus on what is being said
Look for non-verbal cues
Listening is about the other, not
you.
Clarify and ask pointed questions
to help you understand what is
being said
Paraphrase
Try to understand the message
from the sender´s perspective
Networks and relationships
Build your networking muscle
Develop thick skin
Be nice
Be giving
Grow relationships database
Communicate
Keep it simple
Build rapport
Set goals
Access available resources
External influences on workplace relationships

Family and friends


Other colleagues
Other line managers
External business contacts
Relationships external to your team

Represent your team


Obtain resources
Information to and from your
team
Manage performances
Read the articles ‘How leaders create
and use networks

Discuss the content of the article


with the rest of the class
Work in group

• Develop strategies to ensure that effective


internal and external workplace relationships
are developed and maintain
• Describe how those strategies will be updated
as part of an ongoing planning to manage
workplace relationships effectively
Conflict management -sources

Values conflict
Power conflict
Economic conflict
Interpersonal conflict
Organisational conflict
Environmental conflict
Conflict management -strategies

Competing
Accommodating
Avoiding
Collaborating
Compromising
Conflict management -strategies
Conflict management – difficult people
Consider the impact the person has on you
You control your response to the conflict not the outcome
Use effective communication:
o Address the situation immediately, directly and respectfully
o Speak directly to the person
o Separate individuals from the problems.
o Objectively try to understand what is behind the difficult person's actions
o Examine your own contributions to the situation
o Be clear in all your communication
o Discuss the issue using "I" statements (for instance, "I feel uncomfortable when
you...")
o Reinforce any positive changes
Read examples of conflict resolution
management policies.

Discuss the content of the policy with


the rest of the class
Identify problems in the workplace

Employee reviews
Employee safety
Group assessments
Risk assessments
Problem solving in the workplace
Identify issues
Understand everyone’s
interests
List options
Evaluate options
Select option
Document agreement
Agree on contingencies,
monitoring and evaluation
Work in group

• Develop a strategy and outline the process to


ensure that difficulties in workplace relationships
are identified and resolved.
• Develop an action plan to address any identified
difficulty.
• Establish processes and systems to ensure that
when the difficulties identified in the workplace
relationships become conflicts, they are
identified and managed constructively in
accordance with the organisation’s policy and
procedures.

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