Are There Annoyingly Hyper People in Your Office?
Under most circumstances a high energy team mate is a desirable thing. However many persons with a highly energetic nature engage in behaviors on the job which bother co-workers, and about which they are completely unaware! Intervening feedback from a trusted friend or supervisor can help build awareness. Here are some typical interpersonal patterns which you may need to monitor in order to minimize.
1. Soap Box Monologues.
2. Interrupting.
3. Blunt Outbursts.
These, and other distracting behaviors can create difficult workplace environs.
Strategies for the energetic.
1. Flex time. This will allow the subject to work during hours in which there is less distraction in the workplace.
2. Working from home. Often these individuals are much more productive in the controlled environment of their own home. In this age of technology many jobs lend themselves quite well to this solution. As an added bonus, it frees up space in the conventional office.
3.Recommend headphones. These will help filter out the distracting noises of the busy surroundings.
4. Rearrange the furniture. Often allowing the person to orient their desk away from the line of traffic is solution enough.
5. Scheduling. Insist that subject write out a detailed daily agenda. This will allow them to make great strides in increase the productive use of their time.