The WORST Unprofessional Behaviour at Work: Never Do These 7 Unprofessional Things!

What is the worst unprofessional behaviour at work? Using professional behaviour at work is paramount to you advancing in your career. You absolutely need to know how to be more professional at work, especially if you want to advance into leadership. However, you might unknowingly be making mistakes when it comes to professionalism. So in this video, I reveal the top 7 most unprofessional behaviour at work you will want to avoid! 👇 NEW Product Recommendations below 👇

These 7 unprofessional workplace behaviours are drawn from a LinkedIn Poll I did recently. I've also added in some of my pet hates, but combined you should have a good idea of bad office etiquette and how to behave in a more professional way at work.

This advice will definitely save you from some embarrassing or detrimental mistakes in your career! Don't miss this video!!!

Timestamps:
00:00 Unprofessional workplace behaviour.
01:18 Avoid this mistake in meetings.
02:08 How much personal information should you share at work?
03:14 How much is too much self-promotion?
04:34 People who take shortcuts.
05:38 People who blame others for their mistakes.
06:28 Gossipping.
07:32 The number 1 mistake you want to avoid at all costs!
08:32 What to do when somebody takes credit for your work.

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[FenyxBlaiseAsche]

You shouldn't be surprised that very few people thought personal oversharing info and self promotion was unprofessional. People are increasingly becoming attention seekers with victim mentality so they think it's ok and the rest are too scared to say it's annoying.

[qvvilsj]

The work place gossipers, the worst of the worst. they gossip, its avoidance from doing their own job tasks sooo theu focus on a target. Its disturbing.

[akanksha]

Thank you for sharing this information. I think why people don't recognise sharing personal information as unprofessional because 1. You spend a lot of time at office there you might find friend that you can depend on for professional as well as personal support. 2. It gives you think of something other than your work so for a short break if you want to forget that about the work deadlines and stress you share or listen to the personal talk.

[charlessmith]

Here is my list of 7 unprofessional things that are big no-nos at work:
1. Stealing anything.
2. Not fessing up when you do things wrong.
3. Retaliating at an employee who files a complaint on you for a work infraction or violation.
4. Jock itching especially in the crotch area (blatant sexual harassment), even if it is not for gratification.
5. Coughing intentionally at somebody with the intent to make the co-worker sick.
6. Any social media post, comment, or pic that can cause destruction to other employees, the company's brand, or supervisors. (Example of that is "loose talk.")
7. Excessive instances of absenteeism, insubordination, or tardiness.

[osnapitzem]

Honestly, it just depends on what personal topics are brought up at work as to if it's unprofessional or not. I know my manager occasionally will bring up something personal, but it's not to the point to where it crosses a boundary.

[ranaeid]

Wish I watched these kinds of videos before I began working. One can always learn through.

[saifmohammed]

Gossip and blaming other coworkers are the worst

[kararonin]

Thanks for watching! Which one was your most hated unprofessional behaviour at work?

[olenabishop]

Kara is a fantastic presenter: knowledgeable, confident, making difficult things easy for those who are in my Communications class. She is really the best!

[alexaarrah]

It's hard not to talk about personal stuff at work when your there all day! But that can come back and bite you in the but at some point. I've seen ppl get in trouble for that and I got written up myself for talking about personal stuff a lot of it was petty.

[oFFICIALAMARIS]

Ive never worked anywhere where nobody was talking about their personal lives. I have most of my experience in the food industry and its very common for everyone to talk about their issues hence how we all end up becoming sort of family.

[jyotirmaydeb]

Kara Ronin Ma'am its universal truth that nobody is ever born great. Professional behavior demands effort, discipline and willingness and believe me it's very difficult to develop. So, if I sum up all your 7 points then conclusion is " Attitude is Everything", Attitude is a reflection of a person's own selves that this person is truly genuine or not.

[redsoul]

A former co-worker was fired due to Gossip not only about colleagues, but our customers

[ahv]

I don’t have a leadership position yet but I love watching your videos as they are very helpful to those who aim to be a leader.

[eszterboczan]

Great video, thanks Kara. Mine were 7., taking up all the speaking space, and 1., taking credit for someone else’s work. On point 7., can I ask something please? Do the implications of that behaviour, i.e., dominating meetings, hold true for non-work related conversations too? In other words, is it safe to assume that the informal relationship is far from being perfect if one dominates these ‘meetings’ with his or her stories without giving signals of interest for the other person’s reflections and POVs? Thank you so much. 💕🌸💕

[sandymicheal]

Dear Kara, thanks a ton for sharing your knowledge and experience. It does really help the viewers in many significant ways. I have a request. If you havent made a video on how to deal with clients who dont respond to our emails or messages, please would you make one? Being a director of a training academy, I often send emails and watsapp messages but it puts me down when people dont respond to me. Some of these are those working in schools such as principals and so on. I see that these professionals lack empathy and are not aware of email or messages etiquette. Please offer your recommendations in the video as it can really help many. Thank you very much.

[dwaynes]

Thank you for video. Excellent. I have two. #1. crying to the boss to cause trouble. #2. People bring home problems into work and complaining to everybody. I dont care about bs.

[Nate]

Sharing stuff is not unprofessional amidst colleagues who also become friends overtime. It’s more weird not to share anything. Always been like this just depends who and when you share it

[ACRUZ-xwqe]

Hoarding knowledge. I don't understand why some people are threatened with sharing knowledge.

[kuya_Emz]

2 years ago but still helpful today (2024)

Thanks a lot❤❤❤❤