Workplace Behavior

 The lens and scope of this blog post is very interesting because of the movie that we watched this week. Glengarry Glen Ross is a fascinating movie that follows a sales team over the course of a 24 hour period. The leadership that has inspired this blog post is extremely interesting. Alec Baldwin has a short cameo in this movie, in which he enters the sales office and provides a profanity laced monologue about the output of the sales team. This monologue, as well as many other scenes in this film, are profanity driven and hard nosed in the sense that they are very blunt. 

Profanity is something that is a very interesting topic, especially regarding its presence in the workplace. In this movie, four letter curse words are used over a hundred times. This raises the question of if profanity has a place in a business setting. I am of the opinion that it is just another word. Curse words have a certain connotation around them. However, I think that these connotations are extremely subjective. If everyone you are working with is comfortable and seems to not have a problem with it, then I think that curse words should be treated casually. I really think the usage of these curse words really just depends on the vibe of the workplace, so I don't think there is a universal answer to this question. It just depends on the overall vibe and energy of the workplace. 

Competition in the workplace is something that can be extremely productive, and can get the best out of workers in the company. One of the best ways to get the most out of people is to drive them with the idea of striving to be the best. Personally, I am a very competitive person. I am at my best when I am competing with other people and striving to beat them. I don't think this is a universally good thing, but it certainly works for me. I believe one of the best ways to promote healthy competition is to promote incentives. In the movie, Alec Baldwin threatens the employees to promote competition. I do not think this is good at all, however, positive incentives are a really good way to get employees to take the bull by the horns and be a little bit competitive with each other. Sales in general is a really good field for competition to be present.