How to Refuse to Help a Coworker

A way to be productive and professional

Focus is the best way to complete task deadlines on time. But many external factors can interfere with work, such as coworkers who ask for help to complete their tasks. When that happens, then you can help by giving time, or refusing for reasons that can be accepted logically. The mistake that often happens is that we always help coworkers who cause personal tasks to not be completed on time. Of course this decision is very “in a hurry”. To determine helping or not helping, many things must be considered so as not to cause negative effects.

One of the things to consider to make a decision is to look at the scale of risk. In the world of work there are the terms low risk and high risk.

We know high risk problems are very disruptive to the company and can cause new problems. Different with low risk that doesn’t cause a big effect. If a coworker’s assignment is at high risk, then provide help to resolve. But if it has a low risk then give colleagues the opportunity to complete their own task.

As humans, we must learn to have a living principle as a guide. An important principle of living is to complete a personal task is a condition to help complete a coworker’s assignment. We have the principle of “stop helping coworkers” in order to focus on completing personal tasks. Helping coworkers make our productive time less.

Remember, decisions don’t help should look at the scale of risk. If the risk is high then give help, if the risk is low then delay giving help.

Being a worker with a lot of task deadlines is a risk to be accepted. The challenge to be faced is to complete the “task deadline”. All workers are uncomfortable when remembering a task deadline that will run out of time.

We realize if the time given to complete is not enough, but it is a challenge. When completing deadlines on time is important. Completing deadlines on time is an indicator to become a professional.

So, how does the first step to completing a task deadline?

The first step to take is to stay calm and avoid disturbing your task. An example is stop continuing to help coworker work, from your main task deadline. Try learning to focus on completing your task deadline. coworkers aren’t the biggest source of problems. But it always helps coworker’s work interfere with your main task. At the very least, you have to complete the 70% task to help your coworkers. In this condition you should dare to refuse help by saying “Sorry”

“I want to help, but i am in bad condition”

Stop giving help doesn’t mean we can’t solve the problem or don’t have a sympathetic. This principle is done in order to make us focus to accomplish the task. Time to help coworkers tasks will be time consuming. In the other side you need to give a logical reason to refuse to be acceptable to them. Logical reasons should be accompanied by facts in order to be acceptable and not cause misperception. Saying “Sorry” is indeed an easy word. But in fact many people are very difficult to refuse say honest. Like those introverts who tend to receive requests from coworkers even want to refuse.

How to refuse :

1. Rejecting politely and good language without revealing the main reason, for example is “I want to help, but I am currently working on a task”.
2. Revealing rejection should be bravely without any doubts. Because if seen doubtful, the partner will try to find the way so that you approve it.
3. Reject it but give constructive advice to get your coworkers to complete without your help.
4. Ask time to think of ways to help. You can use time to think wisely even if you want to refuse.
5. Reject the request by not meeting directly, but by sending a text message or call. This is the right choice to avoid the feel bad.
6. If the coworkers suddenly come for help, then try refusing by pretending there is a sudden affair. That way you can avoid any forced requests.
7. Delegate tasks to others, is solving problems by recommending others who are better able to help.

From the important points above, then you have to dare to stop helping. Indeed, not all requests should be rejected, it depends on the scale of the problem priority. All decisions depend on your principles. As long as I work, sometimes implementing the stop principle helps coworkers so they can work professionally. Deadline task that I have is priority to first resolved.

I hope that this opinion opens up a new principle when working. It is a habit of work that should be applied by all workers to learn professionals and increase productivity.