Building Positive Attitudes

Four positive employee behaviors that lead to guaranteed success
by Alan Zimmerman - WorkZ
[ Commentary by Meryl K. Evans, Editor ]

The author of the article provides numbers to show how negative employees affect the company’s profits. He says that 3M laid off 10 percent of its poorest performing employees, and the productivity went up by 18 percent. The company did it again and boosted productivity another 4 percent.

Sadly, I’ve seen this situation where an employee has had it with the company, team or manager. He does what he needs to do to keep his job and be considered an average performer. He’s trapped. Can’t go to another job and can’t change things on his team. Part of the problem was management. They had the wrong attitude that spread like a virus throughout the department.

While the article focuses on the behaviors found in positive attitudes, understanding these will help you influence your team to move in that direction and become positive and better employees.