Overcoming Negativity in the Workplace

Workplace success begins with a state of mind. People typically behave in alignment with their attitudes, thoughts, beliefs, assumptions, expectations, and emotions. Therefore, keeping an eye on what people are thinking or how they are feeling about work can play a significant role in both individual and the collective accomplishments of your team. Although negativity at first may seem just annoying, it can spread quickly through a team or organization, resulting in higher staff turnover, absenteeism, low morale, distrust, decreased productivity, and resistance to new ideas or to change. An individual’s or team’s mindset often come from “the top,” managers and other influential people inside and outside their team. Therefore, this workshop will help participants look at their own attitudes, as well as the attitudes of their teams. This workshop is not designed to cure all that gets in the way of productive and satisfied employees. This workshop offers participants a way to understand, manage, and positively impact the way they respond to their own and others’ negativity while at work. Who Should AttendAnyone interested in stamping out negativity work, including any formal or informal leaders and all levels of management and supervision. You Will LearnAfter this workshop, participants will be able to:Assess participants’ own degree of positive or negative thinkingBuild trust between themselves and others and within their teamsHelp people turn negatives into positivesReshape the way participants and team members perceive situationsExplain how thoughts impact the interpretation of eventsRecognize negativity “trigger points”Stay positive in a negative work environmentManage participants’ emotions at workMore effectively manage people who see work in a negative lightPositively harness pessimismCourse Outline Self-Awareness“Attitude” self-assessmentStaying positive in a negative environmentManaging your emotionsBuilding TrustBuilding trust accounts with coworkers13 trust-building behaviorsThe Attitude VirusTypes of negativityConstructively discussing a team member’s negativity with the team memberRoot Causes of NegativityRoot cause analysisThe Betari BoxReshaping ThinkingCognitive RestructuringThought AwarenessManaging PessimistsStrategies for working with someone you don’t like Up to 30 students Virtual Classes will be a live, Instructor lead class in Zoom for Government, a virtual technical assistant VTA will be available to assist students with any technical issues, take roll, administer evaluations, and distribute certificates of completion. Course materials will be provided electronically.Onsite classes will be held at your location. The instructor will travel to you. Materials will be printed and shipped to your site. A sign-up sheet will be provided for student to enter their name (as they want it on their certificate) and the email address to send the certificate to. GSA travel costs will be added to the course fee. Contact us for a travel estimate.A minimum of 2 weeks lead time is needed for virtual classes, 3 weeks for onsite classes.Questions? Contact our training coordinator via email or phone at (202) 843.5447.