My Interview on The Sharvette Mitchell Radio Show

What do you do when you discover you’ve been working with a Judas–someone who undermines and disrupts your work? Listen to my interview on The Sharvette Mitchell Radio Show as we discuss this question and SO MUCH MORE.   Just click the link below and enjoy!

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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mitchell-productions/2017/04/04/on-air-with-kanisha-l-adkins-author-minister-and-attorney

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Reposted from an earlier blogpost Surviving Workplace Betrayal Step One: PAY ATTENTION!

20150712_210956_resized-1The holidays are over and it’s time to get back to work. Happy New Year! Well, it may be a new year, but some of the problems that you left on the job in December 2015 will be waiting for you when you return in January 2016! And not every problem involves incomplete paperwork or a project deadline. Many (and in some instances, MOST) problems involve people!

It’s true! Every day, while going through daily work routines, people are finding themselves in the position of having to deal with backstabbing and betrayal by the very person whom they thought they could trust. It doesn’t matter whether you work in a hair salon, a courtroom, a hospital or a hotel. It doesn’t matter whether you’re paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year at a Fortune 500 corporation or whether you volunteer to serve in a ministry at your local church. Betrayal and backstabbing on the job are real!

Even Jesus had to deal with on-the-job betrayal. I know we don’t usually think of Jesus as having a job and co-workers but maybe we should! Jesus and the twelve disciples worked together to feed the hungry, heal the sick, raise the dead, make lepers clean and drive out demons. They spent sunny days and cloudy days together. Their time together was not simply for rest and relaxation. It was in an effort to accomplish specific tasks and goals. They worked under the pressure of deadlines and guidelines.

Jesus had a job! Jesus had co-workers! And Jesus had Judas, the co-worker who betrayed him! So, if God’s son Jesus, had to work with a backstabber, more than likely, at some point in life, whether it’s for an extended period of time or a brief period of time, you will have to work with “a Judas” too! But HOW do you work with a Judas?! I believe the first step to working with Judas is to first be able to identify a potential Judas.

When Jesus and the disciples sat down to share the Passover Meal also known as The Last Supper, Jesus identified Judas, “the one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.” (Matthew 26:23 NIV) Jesus knew that Judas was going to betray him because he knew Judas. And Jesus knew Judas because he spent time with him and he paid attention.

Jesus and Judas worked together for almost three years. Judas was not some stranger that Jesus just bumped into on the street one day. They were in partnership together. While they worked together, Jesus paid attention to Judas’s character and temperament. He listened to the things Judas said and watched the things Judas did. Jesus could have spent those three years of his earthly ministry working with Judas and never suspected that Judas would betray him. But during those three years, Jesus had been paying attention to everything and everyone around him. Jesus paid attention and that is how he was able to identify Judas as someone who would betray him.

In the United States, people who work full-time generally work anywhere from 32 to 60 hours per week, and some work even more. That’s a significant amount of time to spend with people who are not your family members or part of your inner circle of friends. And not only do we spend a significant amount of time on the job with our co-workers, we spend “prime time” with our co-workers. In other words, we spend “quality time” with them.

You’ve been hired to show up for several hours a day, to do a particular job. And while you’re doing your job, do like Jesus. PAY ATTENTION! If you’re paying attention, you’ll discover that you know the co-worker who may have the potential to be a Judas. This doesn’t mean that you’ll know exactly when you’ll be betrayed. It also doesn’t mean that you should walk around in a state of paranoia, thinking that everyone is out to get you. What it means, though, is that by paying attention, you can discover that your Judas is closer to you than you think.  People will tell you who they are by what they do and by what they don’t do, by what they say and by what they don’t say.  Just Pay Attention!

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Judas is not a stranger. Judas is not that person whom you’ve identified as a blatant, out-right enemy. No, Judas is a person who is close by, who appears to be in your corner. So pay attention to the different personalities and temperaments of the people with whom you work. It’s easy to notice the loud, talkative people. And it’s easy to notice the quiet, timid people. But there are so many other people in between these two. And more than likely, Judas is somewhere in the middle, trying to blend in. So pay attention!

Pay attention to everything. Do you have co-workers who only seem to want to speak their minds when it’s just the two of you but then they act as if they can’t talk when the powers that be are around? Or perhaps you have co-workers who say one thing but do a different thing. You’d be surprised what you can learn about a person if you would just pay attention.

Pay attention to what your co-workers do and how they do it. Pay attention to what your co-workers say and to whom they say it. Wake up and smell the coffee! When it comes to knowing your Judas, make sure you’re not falling asleep on the job. If there is a Judas on your job and if you are paying attention, just like Jesus, you’ll be able to identify Judas long before the betrayal.

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Source:  HELP! THERE’S A JUDAS ON MY JOB! 9 Steps for Surviving Workplace Betrayal  Copyright (c) 2016

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Copyright © 2016 by Kanisha L. Adkins.

phone 202-854-1963 – email: kladkins3@gmail.com

 

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