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May 2, 2017
Dan Rose, Content Creator at SkillPath
It takes a watchful eye to combat negativity around the workplace. On a personal level, you can survive at your job, or you can thrive at it. The difference boils down to one word: attitude. A positive attitude can make a bad job tolerable or a good one great. It can make you happier, healthier and more productive. The same applies on an organizational level.
And, as a Human Resources professional, you’re better equipped to examine morale in your company. In HR, you’re plugged in to every department. While a department manager is essential in keeping employees engaged and positive, their influence is generally limited to the department they run.
You, on the other hand, can establish and heed early warning signals that all is not well. You receive employee complaints, do exit interviews with employees who leave, and know the reputation of your organization in your community. To combat negativity, you can be an effective line of defense and a warning signal that something is wrong and changes need to be made.
If you’re finding a stressed-out workforce that are dwelling on shortcomings, anticipating the worst for everything, and justifying negative behavior by saying that they’re just “being realistic”, it’s time to turn things around!
Here are twelve tips to combat negativity and create a more positive atmosphere that you and your management team can do starting today:
High employee morale is absolutely key to your organization’s well-being and your personal success. When employee morale is high, so are productivity, quality, and even customer loyalty. When employee morale is low, the only things that are high are employee turnover, absenteeism, and safety violations. You absolutely can’t afford to maintain that environment!
However, given your position in HR, you can use these tips above to combat negativity. You’ll bolster employee confidence in the company and their morale will rise. Finally, pass this on to any manager you think might need a bit of a refresher on generating positivity at work.
Dan Rose
Content Creator at SkillPath
Dan Rose is a content creator at SkillPath who uses his experience from a 30-year writing career to focus on timely events that impact today’s business world.
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