Professionalism

Professionalism

Do professionalism means cutting roots of other. Is this professionalism?
I am searching answer for “What is Professionalism?” When some one says be professional what do this means. This was a conversation between two IT professionals.
A said: I at times think does being professional mean not to be friendly with your team, or with your colleagues.
Does being professional mean sitting in the cab, not speaking to anyone and if you are discussing some thing it should be about technological changes only, i.e. it should be a generic talk. While stepping out of cab you should forget about your cab members, and walk in solitude till your desk.
You are not supposed to laugh; just give a smile if some one greets you. You should keep this thing in mind that you should not be the first one to greet until and unless one whom you are greeting is senior in designation to you. If you found some one who is from some other team, you should try to ignore. In office you should attentively sit on your seat and check your official emails, if some jokes are shared in emails just keep it to yourself, else you would be a merry maker Isn’t it! In office you should not enjoy work with your team, but you should work in solitude. If you feel like taking a tea break, take a cup of coffee from near by pantry. You should take less bio breaks and you should drink less water, because if you will stand more from your seat, then that means you have less concentration power. You are not doing any fruitful work. You should take lunch on your desk, and, your cell phones should be switched off, you should not speak to your family or friends in office, however how much urgent it be! May be the talk that you are missing might be very crucial for your family. You should not speak to your children or your spouse. Then towards dusk if you can put more hours of work then it’s really good, else you can go home. Again mind it you should not speak to anyone in cab, it’s an old proverb “Silence is gold”.
Hey, is this professionalism is! However, I disagree, if this is professionalism, then it sucks. It sucks my soul as a human.

My take on professionalism is Wake up in the morning get ready for office, pick a cab, chat with your cab mates, about anything may be songs, new movies, news, technology, or any of your interest area. Come to office, greet everyone with a smile, doesn’t matter what designation person is whom you are giving a smile. As a human you are making his/her day. Always remember your smile can make someone’s day. Come to your seat. Check your pending tasks, share joke as well as work with your peers. Now people have questions why a professional should share jokes, arre baba it helps you in better tuning of frequency with your team. After all it’s your team. Take a cup of coffee; take a tea break, with your team, or anyone you feel like. Go to lunch, don’t keep your cell phone switched off, just keep on low volume, speak to your family, after all you are working for you and your family over here, however just keep a note that your talks with your friends and family should not affect your work. If you have less work and team morale is going down, come on it’s your team it’s your family, just sort it out.
B’s response:
You are absolutely correct A, official team is also your family, and you should nurture it. If you are happy in your team, whole team is happy, you are very important. Every member in team is very important. Treat it as your family; believe me your work efficiency would increase by 60%. Regarding being good professionals, then professionals are also human beings, humanity is the first principle. Secondly, being professional means not disclosing your project / Company secrets to outside world. Being professional means presentably dressed. Being professional means not having empty heads but have brain in them. Professional means handling situations in a fine manner. Being professional means being an intelligent good human. There are instances when work takes a priority over family, but not every day they are just instances.

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