Hey everybody, have you ever been in a situation in which the negative attitudes of some team members (towards fat people) have a disturbing effect on the dynamics of the group?
It is not only about people not getting along with each other, mostly everything goes pretty well, but more like invisibly excluding one person from the process of decision-making every now and then. From what Ive heard both from this person and from other team members, its mainly due to her size some of the team members kind of underestimate her because of that, though she is very skilled and qualified. The situation has been the same so long as she has been a part of the team. She has had her reasons not to try to change the situation, but Ive just joined to the team a couple of weeks ago and find it extremely hard to tolerate this kind of behavior. I dont believe in miracles, like that I could change their attitudes, but I really have to do something.
I know that it might be wiser to keep off from this, but its so unprofessional (though unfortunately human) to let the personal ways of thinking have so much effect on the way you deal with the other team members. It distorts the communication within the team and decreases the efficiency of us all. Not to say anything of the fact that it must affect at least somewhat the feelings and self-confidence of that person. At the same time - if I get involved, I do it because of my own attitudes...
I have a couple of ideas how I could try to improve the situation, but Id really appreciate it if you gave me some more ideas, suggestions or just shared your thoughts about all this.
It is not only about people not getting along with each other, mostly everything goes pretty well, but more like invisibly excluding one person from the process of decision-making every now and then. From what Ive heard both from this person and from other team members, its mainly due to her size some of the team members kind of underestimate her because of that, though she is very skilled and qualified. The situation has been the same so long as she has been a part of the team. She has had her reasons not to try to change the situation, but Ive just joined to the team a couple of weeks ago and find it extremely hard to tolerate this kind of behavior. I dont believe in miracles, like that I could change their attitudes, but I really have to do something.
I know that it might be wiser to keep off from this, but its so unprofessional (though unfortunately human) to let the personal ways of thinking have so much effect on the way you deal with the other team members. It distorts the communication within the team and decreases the efficiency of us all. Not to say anything of the fact that it must affect at least somewhat the feelings and self-confidence of that person. At the same time - if I get involved, I do it because of my own attitudes...
I have a couple of ideas how I could try to improve the situation, but Id really appreciate it if you gave me some more ideas, suggestions or just shared your thoughts about all this.
