What to Do if You Don’t Fit in at Work
The awkwardness, the cliques, the struggle of who to sit with at lunch... when you feel like the odd person out at work, it might seem like you were transported back to high school. It might feel juvenile to worry about whether or not your colleagues like you, but experts agree that feelings of comfort and acceptance in the workplace are far from trivial.
"Most people will work an average of 65,000 hours in their lifetime. Being in a positive environment is a key [to] being happy and having a healthy outlook," says leadership coach Anza Goodbar. "If you are unhappy in the job, you will be less likely to perform well and it will reduce the likelihood of keeping the job long term."
Beyond that, "your ability to get things done in your organization will inevitably involve being able to effectively influence others and bring them on board to your ideas," points out Joseph Liu, career consultant & host of the Career Relaunch podcast. "Fitting in is part of being able to effectively lead teams to achieve your organizational goals."
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