Category Archives: Co-Colours Life

Co-Colours Life is your wake up call rolled into realistic every-day work place situations (cartoons) in a company called Co-Colours.

Situation 17: MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP

 

The mentor-mentee relationship between Billy and Betsy transformed into a buddy relationship and is working out very well. Billy and Betsy are happy that they are able to support each other.

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Situation 16: RESPECT

Femsy finds it uncomfortable to deal with Billy, the most experienced and best performing Regional Sales Supervisor within her team.

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Situation 15: OFFICE RUDENESS

Femsy shares the office with Mansy, which is not easy for her. Mansy is often not greeting her in the morning, is not or hardly acknowledging her presence in the office, talks too loud on the telephone and is distracting Femsy from concentrating on her job by asking questions or making comments/jokes whenever it suits him.

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Situation 14: INAPPROPRIATE DRESS

Mian wears skirts that are way too short. Femsy calls her in for a face-to-face- meeting.

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Situation 13: ADVISOR/MENTOR ON CONTENT

Betsy, new in her Supervisory role, feels she can benefit from regular advise from somebody more experienced than she is. She asks Billy to act as her mentor. Billy gladly accepts this role.

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Situation 12: TASK OVERLOAD

Femsy overloads Betsy with tasks that are not in her job description. Betsy decides to address this in a face-to-face conversation with Femsy to bring clarity to the situation.

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Situation 11: STEALING YOUR IDEA IN A MEETING

Femsy brings up a good idea in a meeting but unfortunately nobody picks up on it. Yet, 10 minutes later Mansy repeats the same idea and the Boss jumps at his idea and is praising him for his brilliance. Frustrating!

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Situation 10: WORKING HARD

Femsy strongly believes in the motto: “Work hard and you will get noticed and rewarded.” She makes long hours to get the job done. She is missing out on the “social talks” in order not to waste her time.

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Situation 9: POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION

Billy tries to engage Betsy in a heated political discussion. Betsy changes topic.

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Situation 8: IN CONTROL

The weekly team meeting is not going as smooth as Femsy would like it to be. Femsy stands her ground.

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