{"id":20495,"date":"2022-04-18T17:27:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/?p=20495"},"modified":"2022-04-18T17:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:30:43","slug":"workplace-negativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/2022\/04\/18\/workplace-negativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Negativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Negativity breeds negativity.<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/blockquote>
Have you noticed signs in an array of businesses reminding people to be kind to the staff and that they would be asked to leave if they were at all abusive? We\u2019ve noticed this in doctors\u2019 offices, restaurants, car repair shops, boutiques, and even grocery stores.

What about in your workplace? Have you observed team members, peers, strategic partners, or clients getting “snarky” with one another? Some feel this negative behavior is on the rise, and individuals and organizations alike are being impacted. Examples include:

  • Reduced productivity due to worrying about the incident<\/li>
  • A decline in commitment and quality of work performed<\/li>
  • Lack of participation in meetings<\/li>
  • Frustrations spilling over to customer interactions<\/li>
  • Increased absenteeism<\/li>
  • Loss of creativity and collaboration<\/li>
  • Desire to work alone<\/li>
  • Quitting their job!<\/li><\/ul>
    Gary S. Topchik, author of\u00a0Managing Workplace Negativity,\u00a0shares that\u00a0a loss of confidence, control, or community\u00a0<\/i>is common when negativity prevails.\u00a0\u00a0He also says it\u2019s a killer of\u00a0workplace efficiency and provides warning signs to look for:

    • increased customer complaints<\/li>
    • increased error rates<\/li>
    • declining work quality<\/li>
    • increased employee turnover<\/li><\/ul>
      As leaders we need to model the behaviors we want others to display and immediately address any negativity. The second part isn\u2019t always easy as many interactions occur that we are not part of.\u00a0\u00a0We do need to listen to what\u2019s happening around us; this is increasingly challenging with working remotely so in meetings or during one on one calls pay attention to voices.\u00a0How\u2019s the energy level sound? If on video calls, how\u2019s the posture?\u00a0Who\u2019s engaged and who isn\u2019t? Have you observed any changes in work ethics?

      Don\u2019t hesitate to follow up and ask individuals how things are going, how things could be improved upon, and if there\u2019s anything you should be made aware of. Don’t be surprised at what you may hear!

      Sincerely,<\/div><\/div>

      Mike and Jan<\/p><\/div>

      There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference.
      The little difference is attitude.
      The big difference is whether its positive or negative.
      –W. Clement Stone<\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Negativity breeds negativity. Have you noticed signs in an array of businesses reminding people to be kind to the staff and that they would be asked to leave if they were at all abusive? We\u2019ve noticed this in doctors\u2019 offices, restaurants, car repair shops, boutiques, and even grocery stores. What about in your workplace? Have you observed team members, peers, strategic partners, or clients getting “snarky” with one another? Some[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-20495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decision-making","tag-behaviors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20500,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20495\/revisions\/20500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}