Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

Consider the FULL scope of workplace interactions!

20 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker argues that discussions about workplace interactions must account for the full range of possible harms. He warns that treating the worst‑case scenario as merely an off‑hand offense leads people to underestimate how severe experiences can be for some employees. By fully recognizing how bad situations can become for certain individuals, organizations can better steer toward the best‑case scenario and avoid repeating harmful patterns. He prompts the audience to consider the opposite extreme of the worst case, setting up a framework for evaluating both ends of the interaction spectrum.

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Why is this important to discuss? Because we need to understand the slope we're working with. And if you're telling me, well, worst case is when somebody offends someone, you're going to offend a lot of people in the workplace with that belief. Because they're going to sit there and go, I've experienced way worse than that in the workplace, way worse. So we want to make sure that we're fully aware of the possibilities of how bad it can be for some people in the workplace. To get us to the best-case scenario. So we're as far away from that as possible. So if that's worst case, what's the extreme opposite?