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Courage at work means calling out harsh comments in meetings, giving collaborators credit for their ideas, and being honest. It's not bravado. It's kindness and truthfulness that make workplaces better.
Courage at work means calling out harsh comments in meetings, giving collaborators credit for their ideas, and being honest. It's not bravado. It's kindness and truthfulness that make workplaces better.
Courage is required for you to be in the middle of a meeting. Somebody says something really bullyish, some really mean thing to another person in the meeting. That's your opportunity to be courageous. That's your time to step in and say, hey, we don't really talk to people like that. You probably didn't intend any harm, but the way it came across felt harsh. Let's dig into the topic and not so much into the personalities. But I mean, it takes great courage to be kind. Somebody can be very cruel to you. They can cut you off. They can cut in line. They can steal an idea of yours. Oh my gosh, those things happen. And being kind means that you step in and you say, hey, you remember that idea, how I came up with that? And just now it sounded like you were claiming that idea. Yeah. I just want to make sure that we have it really clear because out of kindness to myself, I want to make sure that I get some credit. But you were also there and you were also, you had a hand in that idea. So I want to make sure you get some credit as well. So that's just one example of where you have to be courageous to be kind. And truthfulness is also a huge piece of it, as you can tell from what I just said.
