We all see the ads on TV: some new gadget at a great price. Then, WAIT! for a limited time, get TWO gadgets for pennies more. And oh, yes, there’s an extra handling fee.

Ahh. Watch out for that “handling fee.”

Some people are like those gadgets and their extra charges: good on the job … a workplace value. But in the break room, one-on-one … their immaturity, insecurity, or rudeness undoes the good they do. In other words: some people come with a high handling fee.

This is Howard Butt Jr. of Laity Lodge. Good work is step one, but how well do we work with others? Skip the “handling fee” … in the high calling of our daily work.