Your Attitude Is Showing: A Primer of Human Relations, Tenth Edition

Basic Repair Principles

There are four principles or guideposts that may assist you in repairing a damaged relationship.

1. See the connection between repairing relationships and career success. A damaged relationship left unrepaired between you and a coworker or superior may reduce support you need at a later date. As a result, your upward mobility may be impeded. You have victimized yourself.

2. Try to see behind the cause of the falling out. When one takes the time to study the causes of breaks in human relationships, it becomes obvious that often one party was under unusual pressure, which precipitated the rift. It is easier to forgive when such causes can be identified. Through your own perception, try to see behind misunderstandings. Once you ...