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A few weeks ago, I did a poll on LinkedIn. I asked people what they thought was the most unprofessional thing someone could do at work. I gave them four options. The first was talking about coworkers, the second was taking credit for someone else's work, and the third was promoting yourself.

The fourth one talked about personal things, like one person's behavior that stood out from the rest and made them seem very unprofessional at work.

Seven of the most unprofessional behaviour

I'll start with number seven, then move on to number one, which is the last one. Seventh on the list of the most unprofessional things you can do at work is monopolizing meetings. You may have met a "monopolizing martin" in one of the meetings you've been to, someone who takes up all the talking time in the meeting and never lets anyone else speak.

It's all about them and what they think and what they want. I think you get the point: when Martin talks too much, he forgets that meetings are a team effort and that everyone needs time to talk and that everyone's ideas and opinions matter. He forgets that to find the best ideas, you need different points of view. This means that everyone in the meeting needs to share their thoughts and ideas, so don't be a monopolizing Martin at your next meeting. This is a very unprofessional thing to do.

Talking about personal things is the next unprofessional thing you want to avoid, so think of drama diane. She talks about all of her problems, including those with her family, her job, her health, her money, and her divorce. When it comes to drama Diane, nothing is a secret. Her life is just full of problems all the time. She wants to give them to you, but Diane forgets that she wants to do so.

There are limits at work, and her coworkers are just there to do their jobs. They don't need to know about all of her personal problems; they just want to get their work done. She's distracting them or making it impossible for them to do that. On a side note, it's interesting to note that I included this option in the LinkedIn poll I talked about at the beginning of this article.

Only 2% of those who voted said they thought it was unprofessional to talk about personal things at work. This surprised me. Maybe it's because we're becoming more open-minded at work, or maybe it's because we're learning to care more about our coworkers. Let me know what you think in the comments below.

The next thing that isn't professional is too much self-promotion. Think of salesy Susan, who tells everyone she got a raise even though she was the only one. She got a great client with a lot of money. Self-promotion is important at work because it helps you get noticed, which is a big part of building your professional reputation.

It's a big part of what I talk about on this channel, so I'm all for self-promotion as a way to get more attention. However, there's a thin line between self-promotion and self-promotion. That's not professional. Sometimes people don't know where the line is, and they can offend or just annoy their coworkers by promoting themselves too much. In the poll on LinkedIn.

I did find that 6% of people thought that self-promotion in the workplace was not a good idea. This is not a huge number, but it is still something to keep in mind. Something to think about if you think you want to work on self-promotion: I have two articles to share with you. This one gives more advice on direct ways to promote yourself.

This article gives advice on more indirect ways to promote yourself. Number four on the list is taking shortcuts. Think of fast freddy, who wants everything done as quickly as possible. He doesn't care if there are any mistakes, and he doesn't want things to be proofread because that will just take up more time. I understand where fast freddy is coming from. It's important to get things done quickly.

You can easily get a reputation for doing bad work. This is not something you want to be known for, especially if you want to lead. Another reason this is bad is that people won't want to work with you if you have a reputation for doing mediocre or bad work. They won't want to be associated with someone who does shoddy work. I didn't include this option in the LinkedIn poll I did, but I think it's important that you think about it.

You should think about number three on the list, which is blaming coworkers for your mistakes. This is not only unprofessional, but it's also unethical. For example, if you blamed Billy for making a mistake in the report he just turned in, he would be embarrassed about it. He doesn't want anyone to know that he made this mistake, so he blames salesy susan because he's sick of her always being such a high achiever. But you shouldn't be like blaming billy, because it's unprofessional and unethical to blame other people for your mistakes, no matter how annoying salesy susan is to work with.

If you make a mistake, take responsibility for it and don't blame someone else. If you do, you'll get a reputation as a dishonest co-worker, and no one will want to work with you. Even worse, you might stop getting invited to group lunches.

Number two is gossiping about your coworkers. Think of gossipy Gillian, who can't keep a secret. She has to tell everyone what's going on in your life, whether it's your personal life or your professional life. Even things you've told her in private, she has to tell everyone. In the LinkedIn poll I did, gossiping about your coworkers was the second most hated unprofessional behavior.

35 percent of the people who voted in that poll thought it was unprofessional to talk about your coworkers. No one likes a gossip, and no one wants to work with a gossip like Gillian. It doesn't build trust. Don't be like gossipy Gillian and do it. If you want to know how to deal with gossip at work, read this article.

Taking credit for someone else's work is my favorite most unprofessional thing that people do at work. For example, greedy George works with other people on projects. He makes them do all the hard work, but on the final report, he puts his name and his name only.

He never helps anyone else, and now that people have realized this, they won't work with him. He has heard a lot of bad things about himself at work. Even worse, he doesn't get invited to group lunches, so you don't want to be greedy George. As it turns out, the most unprofessional thing you can do at work is take credit for someone else's work, which I did in a LinkedIn poll.

57 percent of the people who took that poll said that taking credit for someone else's work was not a professional thing to do. If you want people to think you are professional, you should not do this, especially if someone else has taken credit for your work. if you want to know how to deal with it, read this article. It will give you a detailed explanation of what you can say to that person. to more know watch the below video