A positive attitude is considered contagious. Unfortunately, the exact same can be said about a negative attitude. A negative employee can drain the workplace and have a severe effect on the overall morale in the company. This article explains how to best deal with those employees so that they don’t effect the attitudes of everyone around them.
Key Takeaways:
- We each have a much bigger effect — positive and negative — on one another’s emotions than we might think.
- In other words, if a friend of a friend of a friend of yours becomes happier, you may too.
- Their findings show that even frequent, superficial, face-to-face interactions can powerfully influence happiness.
“De-energizing relationships, whether experienced personally, or within one’s workgroup, provoke a sense of unhappiness and dissatisfaction, reduce motivation, and increase people’s intentions to leave.”
http://www.ceo.com/operations/isolate-toxic-employees-to-reduce-their-negative-effects/
