Let's start by understanding what "adaptation" is. Any change in life takes time to get used to this innovation. Some people love everything new: new activities, places, people, tastes, cities, countries and they easily accept everything new. For others, the slightest change in the usual way of life causes great stress and they need more time to adapt - to accept innovations in life. From this it follows that it all depends on how you feel about it.
Man is a social being. Starting from birth, we enter into various new groups: family, friends, classmates, neighbors, colleagues, etc. And each team is an integral organism, living according to the established rules. Each person occupies a certain place in the existing team, associated with his social status.
There are several rules, adhering to which, you can quickly get used to the new team.
Try to make a good first impression. There is a mechanism of stereotyping in the perception of other people. For example, if a person you like well does something bad, you write it off as an unfortunate accident. If the same stupidity is committed by a person whom you treat badly, this only confirms your negative assessment of his personality. Your image is formed at the first meeting. The assessment that develops at a glance is very important. And the first thing strangers will see is your appearance, not rich inner world. Try to match the social group in which you are going to work. After all appearance office worker different from the overalls of the administrator sports club or worker. You can be a very bright and versatile person, but people evaluate at the first meeting only on two scales: 1 - a good, "one of your own", interesting, pleasant person; 2 - a bad person, you can expect anything bad. If you are immediately identified as a person of your circle, then they will treat you better. First you work for the image, then the image works for you.
You need to study the “charter” of the new team, that is, find out what procedures are established both in the field of labor relations and in the field of informal communication. And try to accept these norms if they suit you and if you plan to stay in this job for a long time. Each team has its own established traditions, certain rituals and norms of communication horizontally - with those with whom you have the same status and vertically - with management and subordinates. Do not avoid communication with colleagues and gradually you need to get involved in existing communication channels: a group inwhatsappor internal chat. Adopt corporate ethics. For example, if in a new team it is customary to squat at the sight of the bosses, at the same time spreading your arms to the sides and saying: “ku” - no matter how absurd it may seem to you, you will have to master this simple greeting in order to join the team, unless of course this is the right one. the job you dreamed of. When communicating with superiors, be correct, restrained, reasoned and show that you are responsible and conscientious.
A probationary period is needed not only for you to show your professional abilities to the maximum, but also to prove yourself in interpersonal relationships. Even if you are a super professional, but do not know how to get along with people, then it will be difficult for you to enter the team, and, accordingly, work in it. It is believed that the team where a favorable socio-psychological climate has developed, that is, where people are friendly to each other and have little conflict, works more efficiently. Often a person can withdraw into himself in an unfamiliar team, expecting "mobbing" - psychological pressure and harassment of newcomers, "office hazing". Try to be open to contacts - easily communicate with everyone (without familiarity, sarcasm and obsession), be interested in your colleagues - try to learn more about them (not gossip, but common interests and hobbies). Show yourself as a person you can rely on; as an interesting interlocutor who respects everyone; as a constructive person in conflict situations, that is, he does not create conflicts himself and tries to adequately resolve them. But at the same time, be able to defend your point of view, politely and firmly say “no” in those situations when you cannot fulfill the request for objective reasons and when this does not apply to your job duties. For example, to run for beer for colleagues on some occasion.
Do not be afraid to ask for help, support, learning new skills and tricks, or just advice from more experienced colleagues. This will help you learn faster new job. Even if you worked in this specialty, each organization has its own specifics. Working by the “poke” method in splendid isolation, of course, can bring results, but much more slowly than with the help of other people. In addition, some long-term people who have dedicated themselves to this organization for a long time may be happy to respond, as you will make them feel their significance and value.
Try to be an optimist, look at everything with humor and self-confidence. That is, do not look everywhere for a catch, bad intentions, intrigues, conspiracies and the bad mood of others. Know that you can get drunk with a glass half full of water. Believe in the best, but be prepared for trouble. There is nothing perfect, in any team there can be disagreements, misunderstandings, disputes, conflicts, gossip, grins behind their backs, etc. Don't give it greater value than they deserve. Resentment and disappointment come when you expect too much and get much less. Don't expect everyone to love you and your boss to kiss you every time you meet. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. After all, the one who does nothing is not mistaken. Learn from your own and others' mistakes. Analyze the reasons for your failures and try to improve your results in the future. Do not think that because you are such a wonderful person, you will not have to work hard and you will receive a salary without particularly straining. At first, you will have to work twice as much, as we spend more energy when we are doing something new, not entirely clear and familiar. When you are already comfortable and your work is brought to automatism, then you can say that you have adapted to your work.
If you follow these recommendations, then perhaps your adaptation to the new team will be less painful and faster.
The adaptation process includes 3 periods:
1. The period of acute adaptation (lasts 1-2 months). It is usually associated with feelings of anxiety, restlessness, self-doubt, a feeling that you are wrong or wrong about you. The new work seems to many not at all what it seemed. Production tasks raise many questions, but a person does not want to look incompetent, tries to solve them on his own, often unsuccessfully. There is a constant comparison of what is, with what was in favor of the latter. The more insecure and lonely a person feels, the more difficult it is for him to be himself. A person experiences deep psychological stress. This period ends when there is a feeling that you are coping with the assigned work and that the situation at work is predictable, that among your colleagues there are those who are glad to see you at the workplace and trust you as a specialist.
2. Period of optimism (after 3-4 months from the time of employment). It is characterized by the fact that the tension of the first days goes away and, having calmed down, the person thinks that he has become “one of his own” in the team and can perform all the tasks associated with official duties without effort. Relaxation sets in, and this is where mistakes are often made, related both to professional tasks and to the intricacies of relationships. A person does something wrong, because in the first period of adaptation he comprehends only the most general, formal aspects relating to his work and new colleagues. During this period, a person feels misunderstood, and if he is pointed out to some shortcomings in his work or there are difficulties in relationships, he feels resentment, the injustice of the accusations, it seems to the person that he is in the wrong place, that he is underestimated. Sometimes this leads to a deep crisis, followed by a layoff. If a person knows how to analyze, admit his mistakes, push back emotions, he overcomes this crisis and becomes more competent in building relationships and realizing his professional experience.
3. The period of secondary adaptation (6 months after employment). A person learns all the rules and traditions adopted in this organization, successfully realizes himself as a specialist, becomes a full member of the team. In fact, this is no longer an adaptation, but a fixation in the workplace.
Each person in his own way endures the adaptation period: someone is easily included in a new activity, for someone this is a time of great stress. How the adaptation period will go depends on many factors: from psychological features personality, the attitude of new colleagues, working conditions, intensity of workloads, etc. In any case, everyone who had to face the need to change jobs should understand what is happening to him and be ready to successfully go through this difficult period of life.
I wish you successful adaptation! The new job is new stage self-development!
How to quickly adapt to a new team
How you join the team will depend on all your future work. That is why psychologists advise to treat the first working day with special attention.
You can only make a first impression once, right? According to a study conducted by the recruiting agency Penny Lane Personnel, getting to know colleagues plays a crucial role in the adaptation of a newcomer - 18% of respondents believe so.
In the life of journalist Irina there was such a case:
I was looking for a job. I had two interviews on the same day. When hiring journalists, it is customary not only to talk about the experience of the applicant, but also to give him test tasks - it is they who are most often performed in the general editorial office. In general, during the day I was introduced to two teams at once. At the first place, I was greeted very friendly, offered coffee and told to contact me if anything, with questions. The second edition consisted of three girls who did not react to my appearance in any way and continued to discuss the details of each other's personal lives in obscene terms. I must say that both times I put on a smile on duty and tried to please with exactly the same methods: I smiled fervently, introduced myself loudly, praised the office and the publication itself - all this within reason, of course. They took me to the first "friendly" place. What I concluded from this: you can’t please everyone. If my manners came in handy in the first edition, then in the second style of communication, apparently, a different one was adopted - therefore, there I was, as they say, “out of court”.
In fact, if you want to immediately guess how colleagues will like you, you can ask a recruiter about this, with whom you will have a preliminary conversation anyway. Take an interest in what kind of relationships are accepted in the team, what is the age of the employees, is there a dress code - all this will help you initially tune in to the right wave.
However, even if the recruiter said that everyone in the company addresses each other as “you”, you should not immediately “poke” everyone in a row. Are you familiar with the basic rules of courtesy? Refer to "you" even to those who are younger than you both in position and in age - until the relationship improves to such an extent that you can safely cross this border. Or until the person himself asks to become easier. Just do not overdo it in your politeness, otherwise you can pass for a hypocrite.
Prioritize
But you still need to start getting to know the team in advance. In the case of Irina, it would not hurt to get acquainted with the work of the publication even at the stage of preparation for the interview.
Decide what is more important for you - the work itself or the relationship with the new team? The answer may not be as obvious as it seems at first glance, says business psychology coach Margarita Velikanova. – It’s still impossible to sit on two chairs at once, to please both the bosses and colleagues, and at the same time not to forget to do the work – a utopian task. So think over your strategy in advance.
Do not immediately take part in office gossip (where without them!), Do not discuss some colleagues with others. Even the opinion on working issues is worth holding for now:
Just say that you are still delving into the essence of the issue, so you don’t want to rush to conclusions, Margarita advises. In general, keep neutrality with all your might. Even in cases where it is obvious to you which side the truth is on, still do not give in and stand on your “I will speak later”. The explanation is simple: you do not yet know what position the colleagues involved in the disputes occupy, what is the balance of power in the office and what is the background of the issue. So take your time.
Learn
At first, you have to understand what value system is adopted in the new team. This is another reason not to rush to statements and conclusions.
Do not praise the boss - there is a risk of earning a reputation as a sycophant.
Do not get into a general conversation with your stories - it may turn out that employees have a different sense of humor, and again you will be misunderstood.
Take a wait-and-see attitude. Subsequently, you will make up your own. In the meantime, just take a closer look, - Margarita sums up.
But it's also not worth going to extremes either. And it will turn out like in the story told by Alexander.
One day a new accountant came to us. She quickly greeted everyone and turned to her computer. In fact, we have a very relaxed atmosphere - we can read jokes aloud, turn on the radio, and arrange a joint tea party. But this young lady erected such a wall, created such an impregnable atmosphere that we even felt embarrassed for ourselves - for several days we were embarrassed by her, we didn’t read jokes, we didn’t turn on the radio. Of course, since then we have already entered the previous mode of operation, but that girl did not work well with us, although, judging by her profile on one of the social networks, she likes to have fun.
Julia Sudakova
Starting a new job is always exciting. How to effectively enter the work functionality? How to find out the internal official and unspoken rules of conduct? How to establish business, but pleasant relationships at work in a new team? These and other similar questions excite everyone in the first weeks of work in a new place.
7 Rules for Successful Beginner Behavior
- Punctuality. Even if the beginner does not have an innate sense of time, special attention should be paid to strict observance of the time frame. It is better to come to the beginning of work 10-15 minutes earlier, to report on the completion of the assigned task earlier than the deadline. If the task requires a longer time to complete, then before the due time, you should inform that it will take a longer time to complete it and indicate the reason why this happened. This creates a positive impression of the punctuality and diligence of the new employee, and adaptation in the team and the development of new work passes without psychological stress.
- When communicating with colleagues, it is necessary to adhere to the rule: "Speak little and to the point, listen to everything." This will help to understand the communication style of the team, to find out the informal roles of each employee.
- Identification of the established dress code and strict adherence to it. It is necessary to ask about how it is customary to dress in a company at the stage of final agreements on going to work. “They meet by clothes ...” The ancient saying is relevant to this day.
- Personal acquaintance with colleagues should be carried out in a friendly, non-conflict format. You should immediately find out the established form of communication: by name or first name and patronymic. A newcomer will quickly join the team if he remembers his colleagues by name, and at each occasion will call them by name. Psychologists have long established that the best sound for every person is his name. If you want to win over a person, address him by name, as often as possible.
- How to enter a new team at work? Participation in informal communication helps to get closer to new employees. If colleagues invite after work to drink a cup of tea, have lunch, take part in a corporate holiday or competition, then the newcomer should not refuse this offer.
- If suddenly a conflict is brewing in the team, it is better for a beginner not to get involved in it! It is more effective to take a neutral position, explaining to those involved that you have not yet figured out the situation and it is difficult for you to make a decision. You should not discuss the course of the conflict, gossip. Otherwise, you can make obvious and hidden ill-wishers.
- Elementary compliance with the rules of conduct in the workplace. If the "elders" of the team can afford loud and long telephone conversations on abstract topics during the working day, the newcomer should not do this. Also, the new employee should be excluded from his behavior:
- frequent lengthy stories about previous jobs;
- sudden mood swings, rude attacks towards colleagues;
- hypocrisy and creating the appearance of hyperactive activity;
- imposing own opinion in conversations with colleagues.
The process of adaptation can last from several days to one month. If the newcomer has not developed a relationship with the team during this time, then you should seek help from the head of the structure or the personnel service to study the situation and develop solutions to fix the problem.
Get used to new surroundings, new internal rules always difficult. When entering a new job, many people experience the greatest stress not from fear that they will not cope with their duties, but from anxiety about how they will be perceived by colleagues. How to behave in a new job in order to quickly get used to work tasks, make a good impression on colleagues and make you start to be taken seriously?
First day
Traditionally, a manager introduces a new employee to colleagues. It is good if the company is small or regular general meetings are held. Then acquaintance with others will happen faster. If you go to work in a corporation, be prepared to learn about new colleagues within a few weeks, not only through the head, but also in the process of solving problems.
On the first day, the main thing is to be introduced to your closest colleagues, with whom you will have to work closely. Try to remember them. Even better - briefly write down who is called and who is responsible for what.
If you forget someone's name, ask again on the same day. It's perfectly normal to forget someone if you've been introduced to twenty people in a few hours.
If it is customary for a company to communicate in a general work chat or in a group in social network, see to it that you are added there. Ask your manager about it. Ask to see the documents that regulate the work of the department or you personally, if any. For example, editorial offices usually have a red policy, and design studios have clear standards and life hacks.
Ask colleagues if the office has a canteen or kitchen and where they have lunch. It is best to go to lunch with them on the first day, even if you do not plan to do this in the future. During lunch, discuss general topics: who lives where, how long it takes to get to work, and other neutral issues.
First week
Your main task for the first week in communicating with colleagues is to remember everyone, to understand who is who and how you interact with them. Colleagues should also remember you and understand what questions they can contact you about.
Don't brag and don't be smart. You should not stick out your talents if you consider yourself more experienced than your new colleagues in some way. Even if you really want to demonstrate your professionalism, at first take the position of an observer more and express your opinion within reasonable limits, especially if no one asked about it. It is much more important to prove that you are interested in work tasks, that you do not hack, but observe the processes and learn new things - these are the most important signs of a true professional in any position.
Ask questions. The main communication rule for the first week: "If you don't know, ask." Ask about everything that makes you even the slightest doubt. Even if it seems to you that these are stupid questions, remember that you have an indulgence - you are new here! It is better to figure out how to do it right than to do it at random. Everyone around perfectly understands that you are a new employee, and they expect these questions from you.
If you have come to work in a new field for you and do not yet understand the details of the business, ask one of your colleagues to explain the process to you step by step. It doesn't have to be your manager or someone senior. It may be more helpful to talk to subordinates or peers. After such meetings, you will immediately understand the processes: how everything happens, how much it costs, how much time it takes to implement. If you are a manager, only such conversations will help you optimize the processes that you lead.
Ruslan Lobachev, content producer: “From television, I came to work in an online cinema. The sphere is adjacent, but there are a lot of its own details. For the first week, I didn't understand why it took so long to post a movie on the app. It turned out that this is one of the sore spots in the company, and the marketing and content promotion department could not understand why video engineers constantly miss deadlines. In order to understand the production process, I asked the chief video engineer to meet with me and explain the details. After an hour-long lecture, I learned that one movie weighs hundreds of gigabytes, takes a long time to download from the server of the owner company, then archives to the cinema server, then encodes, then goes through the final stage of preparation, such as subtitles. It is impossible to do all this in one day. From the very first week, I made advance planning a priority in my work. I had to move the release dates of several films and justify this to the marketing department. But within a month, we were able to set up the release process, upload films on time and prepare them ahead of schedule.”
At meetings, feel free to write down in detail what is said. At first, there will be a lot of information that others understand at a glance, but for you - a dark forest. This is normal: you are new here, you have yet to delve into many nuances, understand the internal processes. This is especially true for large companies with a complex structure. If something is not clear during the meeting, and you do not want to interrupt the general discussion with your questions, mark these points for yourself and ask colleagues to bring you up to date after the meeting. In the new circle there will always be someone who will sympathize with you from the first days and will agree to take the time to give you tips. If you don’t know at all who to turn to for help, ask who in your team was the previous “newcomer” before you - this colleague still has fresh memories of how difficult it was to get used to the new environment, he is best able to understand your feelings and, rather everything, will not dismiss if you ask for help. In order not to distract a colleague from work, the easiest way is to ask him or her to accompany you at lunch and ask the accumulated questions in an informal setting.
Look for feedback. Every day, you don’t need to approach your boss with a request to comment on your work, this is annoying. Come back after the first week (you can write a letter or ask in the chat). Next time ask for feedback after the first month, and again after three months. It is good when the company organizes such meetings with each employee, for example, at the end of the trial period. This is usually done by the HR department. At such meetings, they discuss your impressions of the work, give you an objective assessment, and together outline possible development paths and goals for the coming year. But even if there are no such meetings, ask the leader to meet with you yourself. An adequate boss will never dismiss a newcomer and will find time for him.
First month
Watch your colleagues. Watch how they behave, how they solve work tasks, what is accepted in the team and what is not accepted.
Understand responsibility and differentiate it. Don't do tasks that others should be doing. There are teams where employees try to push their business to a newcomer. Learn to say a firm no if you are sure that this is not your function. And, on the contrary, specify with a direct question, whose task it is, if there is any doubt. In long-established teams, everyone is used to who is responsible for what, and the boss can set the task “into the void”, knowing that the right person will pick it up. If it turns out that in a particular case you should have become such a person, because your predecessor always dealt with such tasks, but no one informed you about this, then, of course, this will not be your fault. But conflict situation secured.
Don't try to act differently than usual. If you do not smoke, do not start going to the smoking room with colleagues. If it seems to you that they are discussing work issues, bring up this topic in a work chat, in mail, or at a meeting. In a healthy working team, news in the smoking room is not recognized.
Behave naturally. Don't try to make jokes if you usually prefer to listen to other people's jokes.
Be polite. Observe the rituals established in the team. If you see that colleagues are collecting for a gift to someone in the department, offer to participate. Don't come up with revolutionary ideas. This is called "with your charter in a strange monastery" - and is not welcome in any established team.
Less emotions. Try to think rationally at work, not emotionally. Something happened? Turn off the emotional reaction and think about how to solve the problem.
Stay neutral. Most likely, after some time you will find friends and allies here, as well as opponents. All in good time, but first, stay neutral. It is possible that there are ongoing conflicts and other complex relationships in the team that are still invisible to you, and there are intriguers who can immediately try to draw you into this story that is completely unnecessary for you.
When communicating with colleagues, do not meddle in their personal lives. Don't go into too much detail about yours either. Do not participate in office intrigues and do not be interested in gossip, especially if you work in women's team. It is better to offer to discuss plans for the weekend or a new movie at the cinema.
First three months
It's usually only by the end of the probationary period that you realize who's who in the office. For the first three months you are a beginner. This also works in reverse side: colleagues understand what kind of employee you are, whether you can be trusted with tasks and rely on you. Usually only after three months (and sometimes after six months) you begin to be taken seriously, especially if you are a young specialist.
Remember that others do not know how to read minds and so far do not understand you perfectly. While you are not yet on the same wavelength with your colleagues, try to convey your thoughts to colleagues as thoroughly and calmly as possible. Remember, if you are not understood, they are not fools, but you did not explain well enough. Be pedantic and explain yourself as thoroughly as possible. By the way, not everyone can understand jokes either, a sense of humor is a subjective thing.
False consensus effect
This is one of the biggest mistakes that can happen to a newcomer to a team. Our brains tend to project their way of thinking onto others. We automatically assume that others think the same way we do. Therefore, there are misunderstandings in the transmission of information - both oral and written.
When communicating with colleagues in a new team, explain the context of your messages. "Check your watch" to make sure you're talking about the same thing. Everyone has their own quality standards, working tools, habits.
Remember that your colleagues may think very differently. For example, you think that after each meeting, the manager who led it should write a short summary letter to everyone who participated in the meeting. And no one in the company has done this before you. To avoid misunderstandings, discuss the benefits of such letters with colleagues.
Well, the most important thing. You came to this company to work, not to make new friends, demonstrate the ability to tell jokes and please others. Your manager will primarily evaluate the results of your work. Do not try to seem like someone you are not, be natural and calm, be interested in what is happening, but do not overstep personal boundaries. it The best way put yourself in your place in any team.
The first days, and even weeks at work - severe stress for many people. Unfamiliar environments and requirements, lots of information to work through. How to quickly join this new team? After all, you don’t want to make stupid mistakes, you need to show your best side.
For every woman, maternity leave is different period time, usually, of course, it takes three years
The next step, which will tell you how to quickly join a new team after maternity leave, will be preparing for possible problems:
- ignorance of new employees;
- lack of necessary skills;
- changed atmosphere;
- other working conditions.
Refresher courses and social and psychological trainings on interaction with people will help to solve them, they will refresh your memory and help you get involved in the work process. Use all your professional skills and abilities, strengths and dignity.
Returning to work after such a long break is associated with another difficulty - a change in life scenery. You are already accustomed to spending a lot of time with your family, to a certain daily routine. It will be good if your husband takes over some of your household duties. In addition, the change in the status of a housewife to a working and earning woman is already a motivator for further employment prospects.
How can a child fit into a team?
Most children have no problem making new friends.
Transfer from one class to another, change of school and place of residence often cause difficulties for children to communicate with their peers. Adapting to new rules and regulations is not easy for everyone. The question of how a child can fit into a team requires a quick search for answers:
- start by discussing the problem;
- together with the baby, determine the tactics of his behavior in unpleasant situations;
- work on individual characteristics that cause negativity among classmates;
- understand what values are present in the class or group and how your child will achieve success and respect;
- work on your mistakes - incorrect parental behavior, the position of my baby is always right or constant interference in his school affairs will serve as proof of his weakness;
- do not impose your life experience, in particular on adolescents, they must cope with their adaptation on their own, parents must remain in the role of advisers, and not solve all issues instead of their children.