Behaviors, Attitudes, Work Ethics

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Behaviors, Attitudes, Work Ethics Decision
Making7th gradeCareer Discovery
Adapted from Barbara Mackessy
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Attitude

• The way you think or feel about a person, place
  or thing, a given situation, or even life in
  general.
• Your outlook and reaction to a situation
• Your reaction is what other
• people see.
• Can be influenced by others

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Behavior

• Your actions resulting from your attitude and
  personality.
• The way you act or present yourself, actions in
  an given environment.
• Can be influenced by others

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Your attitude and behavior will have an impact on
your future.

• Will you be able to find and keep a job in the
  future?
• What type of attitude do you have?

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Types of Behaviors Attitudes

• Acceptable
• Unacceptable

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Acceptable Attitudes Behaviors

• Positive
• Things that you are supposed to do
• Following rules and regulations
• Appropriate
• People will ENJOY being around you
• you will meet job requirements
• Will keep you employed

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Unacceptable Attitudes Behaviors

• Negative
• Things that you are not supposed to do
• Not following rules and regulations
• Being inappropriate
• Breaking the laws
• people will not like to be around you
• you will not meet job requirements
• hurts you in the future
• Will keep you unemployed
• you will likely be unsuccessful in the future

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Behavior is your actions resulting from your
attitude, personality and environment.

• Task
• Create a list of behaviors that meet the criteria
  on the card you are given.
• Be prepared to share your ideas with the class

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Work Ethics

• Work Ethics is a combination of your values,
  personality, attitude and pride in your work.
• Honesty, pride, purpose, feelings, visions,
  teamwork, character, productivity, appearance and
  communication..all come together to build YOUR
  work ethic.

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Work ethics include

• Your values
• Honesty
• Accountability
• Choosing right verses wrong
• Choosing acceptable verses unacceptable

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In the workplace .(or at school..)

• how you feel about your work or job
• how you take care of your responsibilities
• Attitude
• Behavior
• Respect
• Communication
• Interaction
• Getting along with others

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Work Ethics

• Work ethic may include many things but it is
  really your set of values.
• Ideally the better your ethics the better your
  work position.
• You ethics will guide you in any given situation.

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Work ethic involves

• honesty (not lying, stealing, or cheating)
• doing a job well
• having pride
• valuing what one does
• showing people who you really are.
• having sense of purpose and feeling
• being a part of a greater vision or plan is vital
  
• What will you do in a given situation?

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The Number 1 priority of Georgias employers is
to improve the work ethics of present and future
employees.
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The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 80
percent of workers who lose their jobs do so not
because of lack of occupational skills, but
because of poor work ethics.
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According to Georgia Technical College the ten
essential work ethics traits that need to be
taught to encourage development of positive work
habits conducive to the needs of business and
industry.

• Attendance
• Cooperation
• Character
• Communication
• Respect

• Productivity
• Organization skills
• Appearance
• Teamwork
• Attitude

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Attendance

• Attends class
• Arrives on time
• Leaves on time
• Notifies instructor/teacher in advance of planned
  absences
• Excused absences only
• Does not make up excuses for absences

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Cooperation

• Displays leadership skills
• Appropriately handles criticism
• Appropriately handles conflict
• Appropriately handles complaints
• Demonstrates problem-solving capability
• Maintains appropriate relationships with
  supervisors and peers
• Follows chain of command

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Character

• loyal
• honest
• trustworthy
• dependable
• reliable
• Displays initiative
• Displays self-discipline
• Displays self-responsibility
• Control emotions and actions

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Communication

• Displays appropriate nonverbal eye contact
• Display appropriate nonverbal body language
• Displays oral listening skills
• Displays appropriate telephone etiquette
• Displays proper grammar in communication
• Displays appropriate verbal and nonverbal
  communication skills

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Respect

• Deals appropriately with cultural/racial
  diversity
• Does not engage in harassment of any kind
• Uses manners around others

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Productivity

• Follows safety practices
• Conserves materials
• Keeps work areas neat and clean
• Follows directions and procedures
• Makes up assignments
• Punctually
• Participates
• Completes all work

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Organizational Skills

• Manages time well
• Manages stress well
• Is flexible
• Adapts to change
• Keep things neat and orderly
• Uses time wisely

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Appearance

• appropriate dress
• good grooming habits
• good hygiene
• good etiquette

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Teamwork

• Respects the right of others
• Respects confidentiality
• Is a team player
• Is cooperative
• Is assertive
• Displays a customer service attitude
• Seeks opportunities for continuous learning
• Demonstrates mannerly behaviors

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Attitude

• Demonstrates a positive attitude
• Friendly, pleasant and kind
• Appears self-confident
• Has a realistic expectation of self
• I can, I will, I did attitude
• Others like to be around you

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Interpersonal Skills

• Appreciative
• Emotionally stable
• Patient
• Likeable
• Helpful
• Pleasant
• Cooperate
• Hard working

• Cheerful
• Devoted
• Courteous
• Considerate
• Well groomed
• Friendly
• Loyal
• Modest

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Work Ethics Assessment

• How would you have rated yourself on all of those
  items?
• At the work site they expect you to be proficient
  in all of them.
• What do you need to do?
• What do you need to change?
• Will you stay employed in the future?

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Decisions are made daily!

• Do you use responsible decision making steps with
  you behavior, attitude and work ethics?
• Do you think of the consequences before taking
  action?
• How can you improve your behavior, attitude and
  work ethics?

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Behavior Assessment

• Think about your level and put one of the
  following numbers as the answer to each question
• 1 definitely YES- all the time
• 2 Usually YES most of the time
• 3 Questionable half the time you do, and half
  the time
• you dont
• 4 Usually NOT most of the time I dont
• 5 Definitely NOT No, Never

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What your score means.

• 22-31 you are exhibiting some very good
  behavior traits and if they continue you should
  do very well in the working world
• 31-37 - you have some good traits but need to
  improve on some of your behavior traits to keep
  you employed and promoted in the future.
• 38-44 you have a few good traits but mostly
  exhibit some very questionable traits that will
  have to be improved upon in the future for you to
  keep a job for very long.

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• 45-55 You have a few fair and questionable
  traits but mostly exhibit some very poor traits
  that will have to be improved upon for you to
  keep your job
• 56-75 If you do not improve on your behavior
  traits then you may not be hired or you will
  probably be fired very soon
• 76-95 You might not make it through the entire
  job interview!