ARE YOU INCLUSIVE OR EXCLUSIVE?

We all have friendship circles and favourite work buddies. Beyond that, how are you at welcoming new people in your life? It never ceases to amaze me when there is a new staff, for example, how many of the older staff ignore that person. Is it so difficult to welcome and introduce yourself? Ask the person how it is going? We have all been new at one time. It is difficult for many people to walk into a new setting, a party, a vacation lunch room and see so many strangers. I was at a bridal shower where one of my good friends was one seat over! So when the lady in the middle said, oh do you want me to move? She knew no one else at the table, we said no and just included her in our conversations and games and fun at the shower. Inclusive behaviour! It was such an easy thing to do! Do you speak another language? Language can be very exclusive. It is one of the main reason I started to learn Italian. How many times could I go to an event in my early dating days with Adolph and be excluded from the conversations? Even though I am by no way fluent, I understand and speak enough Italian. So can not be excluded! Fast forward to the current workplace. Stafff who speak another language other than English, often revert to their language- exclusive of the other staff around them! Those same staff would probably say oh we do not mean anything by it! Look around and see if anyone is being left out of situations. Be kind and include! Everyone does not need to become your best friend! Including fellow staff on your shift is not so difficult, is it? Going to a family party and reaching out to the non-family you do not know! Be available in the social situations that are just about "best buddies".  Yes, it can feel safer to be with "your own" but does it limit the opportunities. Of course, it does! So are you inclusive with your social behaviour or exclusive? Have does it feel when you have been excluded from situations? With little effort, you can help someone else to be included!