During a casual dinner including some of my colleagues, the subject of a co-worker came up. I was shocked to hear this person being disparaged. The chief complaint was that this person’s work was of a poor standard. I have some sympathy for that opinion, although I would say their work is more hit or miss than uniformly “bad”.

The reason the discussion surprised me is that the person in question is one of the most delightful people I’ve met. Doesn’t the fact this person undeniably makes our workplace a more enjoyable place to be more than make up for any inadequacies in their “output”?

Does the fact my colleague undeniably makes our workplace a more enjoyable place to be make up for any inadequacies in their output?Credit: John Shakespeare

Dr Florian Klonek, a senior lecturer of management at Deakin University, agreed that your colleague’s positive influence on the social side of work is tremendously important. He mentioned that there are numerous reasons why perceptions of a co-worker’s performance........

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