Woodpeckers
They are called because they knock. They notice all the blunders of colleagues and not without pleasure report them to their superiors. The manager rudely talked to the client, the secretary incorrectly made the contract, the accountant was late for 10 minutes - all this will certainly become known to the management.
Yabed will not report this directly. No, he will notice in passing that if the lovely Anechka Ivanova developed communication skills, the company would not miss important customers, and the financial report would be ready sooner, when the venerable Zinaida Vassilyevna would come to work on time.
Recognize such individuals is not difficult: they maintain good relations with everyone, including bosses, and they say about themselves, very rarely - so as not to give out valuable information. But woodpeckers always listen with interest and sympathy to the stories of colleagues about their troubles and misses. If you're lucky enough to work in a team with a scam, hint at him about your close and trusting relationships with the boss. To complain about who is stronger, he will not.
Foxes
These are professional intriguers and gossipers of interpersonal relations in the work collective. You came to work with a sleepy face, because at midnight you finished working at home, and colleagues for some reason curiously glances at you - just someone let out a rumor that you have a hangover! If you received a promotion, the foxes begin to discuss in the smoking room that the head of the department is not indifferent to you, referring to the "documentary evidence" of your connection. These cunning mammals are without malice - they let rumors and gossip not just to harm you, but just for the love of art. But there are among them and experienced strategists - scarcely suspecting a colleague of a competitor, immediately think out how to spoil his reputation and strengthen his own.
When there is a gossip in the team, this is a great opportunity to practice in a self-pianist. Neutralizing the fox is almost impossible. But you can think over a strategy for your own advancement. Start a rumor that benefits you (for example, that you received an offer from competitors, but refused to love your company), and give information to the gossiper with hints, explain that, they say, "it's actually a secret, but with you I can share ". The ability to think through and promote your own image is an important quality of any specialist. And if about you still carried an unpleasant gossip, there are two options for action. You can use the same fox to run counter-spatter - only it should be brighter. Something like - with a sleepy face, I come because I have a new lover. And you can just not pay attention - rumors have a habit of fading. Especially if in fact you do your job qualitatively. And even more so do not fight with gossips, it will not lead to anything good.
Monkeys
The most terrible thing for them is to obey corporate rules and rules in general, especially in interpersonal relations in the work collective. If the dress code is adopted in the office, they regularly forget to put on a jacket, tie or even come to jeans, explaining to everyone that strict clothing hinders the creative process. The most interesting thing is that more often than not, monkeys are really talented - they appreciate their work and value their cooperation with them. So they perfectly feel their own safety and at every step violate the established rules: they are late, leave early, smoke where prohibited. And when they point it out - they smile sweetly with an expression on their face "but still you will not do anything to me!".
Monkeys know their own worth and accept the fact that no one has to justify anyone's expectations. Which, of course, causes envy of others. With such people it is good to be friends - they can learn a lot from us, especially a healthy attitude to life. But if such a person is in your submission, and destroys the corporate culture, then load it with work. The more assignments, the less time he will have for subversion.
Parrots
Hysterical types. If they have problems in their personal lives, the whole office knows about it - from the boss to the couriers. They fill up the work, but they are so violently experiencing their problems, that the language does not turn to reprimand them. However, when they are all right, it is not easier to communicate with them. They gush with incredible ideas and develop such a stormy, though not always useful, activity that the rest want to hide somewhere. Any spark of parrots is turned into a fire: if they do not like something, they are able to tear and throw. In the role of bosses are terrible especially: subordinates have to regularly run to the pharmacy for earplugs and valerian.
Such people are called psychologists "persons with a hysteroid radical". The most important need for them is to attract attention, no matter what, positive or negative. As a child, they received unspeakable pleasure, standing on a stool and telling poets admiring guests. Growing up, try to continue in the same spirit, turning your life into a theatrical stage. If the ticket for the play with the hysteroid of the main role is a mandatory attachment to the employment contract, take it philosophically. Remember that the most important thing for parrots is grateful spectators. The main thing is that you do not have to argue with them - you will lose anyway. Show interest or sympathy - then he will imbue you with love. True, also theatrical.
Elephants
Thick-skinned and indifferent to all but themselves. No sympathy, no help from them can not wait. Elephants are not considered with anyone, they ignore the elementary norms of social coexistence. To make a career, they are ready to go over their heads without thinking about what conscience and moral principles are.
As a rule, thick-skinnedness and indifference are psychological defense. Such people in the depths of the soul feel very vulnerable and terribly afraid that others will guess how sympathy they need themselves. Most likely, they once experienced a serious psychological trauma and now "blow on the water."
Effectively interact with an elephant can be in two ways: either communicate as little as possible, or try to become a friend to him. If he can win his trust, he will repay devotion.
But in the event that you yourself became a victim of an elephant, first of all, evaluate your strength. Sometimes you do not have to fight with the tank, but sit in the trench. Feeling the strength to fight, translate the focus of attention to himself. Tell me that you understand the reasons for his behavior, which lie in fears and fears. If the elephant realizes that you see a vulnerable entity behind a thick-skinned mask, he will leave you alone.