Why people-pleasers fail
Helping others too much can distract from your own workplace aims
Episode 51 of the Working It podcast, hosted by Financial Times, titled "Why people-pleasers fail" was published on February 20, 2024 and runs 16 minutes.
February 20, 2024 ·16m · Working It
Summary
If you’ve ever helped a colleague out just so they’d like you, or overburdened yourself to make your boss’s life easier, you may think of yourself as a good team player. But you might actually be a people-pleaser. Host Isabel Berwick speaks to NYU psychology professor Tessa West, who explains why people-pleasing rarely works in the long term. Later, Isabel talks to Christine Braamskamp, London-based managing partner of law firm Jenner & Block, who explains that a little people-pleasing is sometimes necessary – especially in a newer working relationship.Want more? Free links:Just say no if working while femaleAnxiety: the office fear factorPresented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Jake Fielding. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audioRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
If you’ve ever helped a colleague out just so they’d like you, or overburdened yourself to make your boss’s life easier, you may think of yourself as a good team player. But you might actually be a people-pleaser. Host Isabel Berwick speaks to NYU psychology professor Tessa West, who explains why people-pleasing rarely works in the long term. Later, Isabel talks to Christine Braamskamp, London-based managing partner of law firm Jenner & Block, who explains that a little people-pleasing is sometimes necessary – especially in a newer working relationship.
Want more? Free links:
Just say no if working while female
Anxiety: the office fear factor
Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Jake Fielding. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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