With the economy in the state it's in, encouraging employees to think positively may make you look foolish and insensitive. But that's exactly the advice John Baldoni, a leadership consultant, coach and speaker from Harvard Business School shared today.
Focusing employees on what they can do rather than what they cannot do will lead to better attitudes and results, this expert says.
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Sep. 24, 2009 at 2:22pm Advice: 'Think positive' as managerBaldoni offers these three ways to promote positivity in your people: 1. Treat employees as contributors, not costs. 2. Never sugarcoat reality. 3. Challenge your people. There is more to his philosophy in the full post, but in a nutshell: "Cold, hard reality reminds us that thinking positively will not save a business, or an employee's job. (However) dwelling on the negatives is a spiral to nowhere; it leads to nihilism," said Baldoni. Plenty more in the Archives The comments function of the Business Examiner community is meant to encourage conversations and spark ideas about business issues in the South Sound. The feature is free and open to members of the public who register basic log in information. Comments should be concise, on topic and avoid attacks, profanity or abusive language or content. Comments that are deemed to violate this policy will be removed. |
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