In any workplace, especially one as diverse as ours, I’ve learned that the secret to building a strong working relationship isn’t about always being right or fast. It’s about being patient. Real progress doesn’t happen overnight. It happens in the quiet moments when we choose to understand instead of argue, to collaborate instead of compete.
Trust isn’t handed out. It’s built brick by brick, conversation by conversation. And patience is the cement that holds it all together. In a team made up of people from different backgrounds, personalities, and even cultures, it becomes even more important not to take things personally. Misunderstandings happen, but they don’t have to become barriers.
At the end of the day, our work must work. Deadlines won’t wait for emotions to settle. So we learn to adapt, to communicate better, and to move forward with empathy. We’re not just coworkers. We are co-creators of outcomes that affect us all. And if we want those outcomes to be successful, we need each other.
I remind myself often that it’s not about who gets the credit. It’s about getting the job done and doing it with grace and respect. The diversity of our team is not a challenge. It’s an advantage, if we let it be.
As Desmond Tutu once said, “My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” That’s how I choose to show up every day—patient, open, and committed to making it work with the people around me.
Because when the team works, everything works.
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This!! This here is what most people in the work spaces tend not to understand. Inasmuch as competition helps build character and also sets the pace for determination, it also drives people to the edge as it boosts some kind of jealousy and envy which isn’t healthy in a workspace.
Deep.