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Cultivating Workplace Respect: Fostering a Positive and Collaborative Environment
Respect. Your parents - or teachers - might have instilled a value in you for “treating others with respect,” or perhaps it’s a skill you work on for personal reasons. At work, respect is more than a value - it’s a necessity. And, at Asana Recovery, it’s a job requirement.
Respect is the foundation for a positive and collaborative workplace. It also leads to increased individual job satisfaction and decreases in workplace stress levels. Respectful workplaces are usually more effective and productive workplaces, as well!
Having respect for coworkers or showing respect does not require you to like all your co-workers. It does require that you treat them with dignity and appreciate their contributions to the company’s goals. A culture of respect in the workplace is necessary regardless of any personal feelings we have toward our coworkers.
Respect is the feeling of having a high regard for someone’s qualities, skills, or contributions. In a work setting, it’s important that we express respect for our coworkers with our words or actions. Here are some ideas from the article Respect in the Workplace: How To Show Respect and Promote It, for how to cultivate respect for each other, here at Asana Recovery:
Active Listening: Listen attentively and encourage participation.
Nonverbal Communication: Show respect through nonverbal cues. Examples include making eye contact during conversations and respecting others’ time by being punctual and not multi-tasking during interactions.
Transparency: Share information and involve colleagues in decision-making.
Recognition: Acknowledge the strengths and achievements of team members.
Value Time and Workloads: Respect others' time and commitments.
Meaningful Delegation: Delegate tasks that align with colleagues' roles.
Common Courtesy: Be polite and express gratitude.
Eliminate Bias: Foster an inclusive and welcoming environment.
Inclusion: Involve everyone in meetings, discussions, and celebrations.
Self-awareness: Be mindful of words and actions. Develop curiosity about your thinking and responses to others, particularly “automatic” responses. These are clues to ways we can improve ourselves.
Support: Help colleagues overcome challenges and achieve shared goals.
Like the Golden Rule, the more respect we give, the more likely we are to receive respect in return. By cultivating respect at Asana Recovery, we can improve our productivity, satisfaction, and personal/professional growth.
New Employee Spotlight
Nick Ono
If you’re headed out for all-you-can-eat sushi, invite Nick Ono. The California clinical outreach coordinator for Asana Recovery lists sushi among the things that make him happy. (He also includes Ohio State football and good company on the list).
A jiu-jitsu competitor and former college athlete, Nick enjoys walking his dog, working out, and going to sporting events. He also coaches high school baseball players, helping them get recruited by colleges. Nick has a one-year-old dog named D’arce who is a beagle-lab mix and named after a jiu-jitsu chokehold.
Nick’s mother struggled with addiction, which led him to become a “huge advocate for recovery.” A graduate of the University of Redlands with a value for helping others, Nick is excited to join the Asana Recovery Team.
Amir Askari
Amir Askari has moved 5 times in the past 5 years: San Diego, Palm Desert, Tempe, Chandler, and Laguna Niguel. Now the California clinical outreach coordinator for Asana Recovery is excited to cool his heels for a while in a job he hopes to find fulfillment in. He says he gets a sense of purpose from helping combat substance abuse.
Raised in Ohio (and a Buckeye to the core), Amir’s parents and sister also live in California now, in Alisa Viejo. Amir has a five-year-old dog, a Shiba Inu. He enjoys hiking and biking and “running long distances for no good reason other than pushing myself.”
A graduate of Otterbein University, studying international business with a focus on finance, Amir loves yummy foods, gorgeous sunsets, and watching puppies playing.
Enjoying Summer in Orange County
The first day of summer, also the longest day of the year is happening on June 21, 2023!
Enjoy what summer in Orange County has to offer with some local events like the Baroque Music Festival or the 2023 Fish Fry and Carnival!
Trivia
Question: What year did Aretha Franklin record her iconic song “Respect”?
Contact HR with your response for the chance to win a gift card!
Answer to last week’s trivia: The nation's first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972—58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother's Day official—that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States.
Last week’s winner was: Candace U.