The document discusses the disadvantages of being too nice in the workplace. While values like kindness are important to teach children, the business world requires one to be tougher at times. Being too nice can mean people take advantage, conflicts are not addressed, and accomplishments go unrecognized. Nice leaders may struggle to make hard decisions and manage problems. The document provides tips on how to still be polite but set boundaries, learn to say no, be more firm with feedback, and not avoid necessary confrontations.

1. Being Too Nice in the
Workplace
Main Aspects & Challenges

2. Being Too Nice in the Workplace
Introduction
• We raise our children
based on many important
values, such as:
– courtesy, trust, cooperation,
kindness, tolerance, etc.

3. Being Too Nice in the Workplace
Our Family Values – Main Expectations
• Our family main idea was that
raising our kids under such
noble values would help them:
– to better deal with life´s
challenges and it´s obstacles,
– to develop a nice networking and
– to achieve a brighter future.

4. Being Too Nice in the Workplace
Our Business World - Important
• But unfortunately, our
Business World doesn’t
allow us to be kind and
nice in all the situations.

5. Being too nice in the workplace
Main disadvantages
PEOPLE THAT ARE TOO NICE
- may be less likely to face
confrontation
- are less likely to stand up for
themselves, because they don’t want
to rock the boat or hurt coworkers
- are less assertive in asking
for raises and promotions
- don’t know how to manage conflicts
- might not get recognized for their
accomplishments.

6. Being too nice in the workplace
Main disadvantages - Important
Others may
take advantage
of you
You might
not be
recognized

7. Being too nice in the workplace
Too Nice Leaders - Disadvantages
It has been proved that when "nice"
leaders fail:
to manage conflicts,
to make hard decisions
to deal with problems
They are often accused of:
Lack of Not providing strong
courage leadership

8. Being too nice in the workplace
Important
• We have pointed out
some main problems
with being too nice in
the workplace.

9. Being too nice in the workplace
1 – Being polite can hinder us
• There is a need to analyse when we
should be polite or tough.
• Many people can misuse our politeness
just to dump their work on us.
• We need to limit the percent of
politeness by following the basic
manners required at workplace.

10. Being too nice in the workplace
2 – Stop pleasing everybody
• We need to learn to set our
boundaries and analyse the
possibilities of helping people
without affecting our job and
career.
• If there is a risk we need to say
“no”, and explain our reasons or
not.

11. Being too nice in the workplace
3 – Learn to be firm
• It is important to learn how to
be firm and that doesn’t mean
being nasty.
• Our hesitation in telling a team
mate about his poor
performance can jeopardize a
whole project or even our
professional career.

12. Being too nice in the workplace
4 – Don’t avoid confrontations
• There is nothing wrong when
facing some confrontations.
• Avoiding a necessary
confrontation can provide a bad
impact on our business and
projects.

13. Being too nice in the workplace
Conclusion
• Being mean and nasty can damage
our career and life goals.
• That´s why we need to align our
own behavior with our work rules
and life goals.
• And we need to take a positive and
firm approach to deal with our daily
business challenges.

14. Being too nice in the workplace
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