In the last few days I’ve encountered three teams where individuals within the team are disgruntled because they feel the work load isn’t fairly distributed. The individuals feel they are being taken advantage of, doing more of their fair share and delivering more of the results and for the same rate of pay than their “work shy” colleagues.

Perhaps it’s part of the economic times we are in but the risks are very real that teams can lose good staff, partnerships fold and businesses even start trading where colleagues and partners disagree.

Tips to resolve the problem
Having been asked my advice I thought I’d share some tips with my blog readers:

1. Don’t brood on the injustice of it. Set a date and time to speak to the person or people about how you feel.
2. Write down exactly how you feel and the FACTS about the situation. Avoid emotion and attaching blame
3. At the start of the meeting state your position and then ask the other side for theirs. Allow them to talk through how they feel, without interrupting (it may be difficult but stay quiet until you’re sure you have all the information). The objective is to learn as much as you can about how they see things.
4. Ignore personal criticisms of yourself. This is emotion speaking and an argument will result if you rise to the bait and don’t reply emotionally. Stick to the facts.
5. Ask the other side “What they would recommend to resolve the situation” before you ask for what you want. It allows you to understand the breadth of any possible agreement.
6. Be prepared to compromise.
7. Kiss and make up if appropriate

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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.