Negating Negativity in the Workplace

A negative workplace hurts employees and management alike, leading to turnover, disengagement, lower productivity, lawsuits and brand damage. This webinar on negativity in the workplace shows you how to take the problem on directly instead of hoping it fades.

Negativity comes from many sources, including toxic leaders, economic pressure, work-life balance issues, rapid change, high turnover and having the wrong people in key roles.

You'll look at the top five causes and the damage negativity does, then work through strategies for your own negativity, for negative leadership and for negative employees, along with using surveys and rewarding positive behavior.

• Identify the top five causes of workplace negativity
• Explain the impact negativity has on people and the business
• Address your own negativity
• Respond to negative leadership and negative employees
• Use surveys and other communication tools to gauge morale
• Reward positive behavior

• The top five causes of workplace negativity
• The damaging impact of negativity
• Strategies for addressing your own negativity
• Strategies for addressing negative leadership
• Strategies for addressing negative employees
• Using surveys and similar communication tools
• Rewarding positivity

Employee disenchantment with the workplace has been growing, and negativity tends to feed on itself, creating a downward spiral. Without a deliberate effort to counter it, things only get worse.

This session suits leaders and managers, HR managers, directors, partners and consultants, supervisors, company owners and recruiters who want practical ways to turn a negative environment around.

• Any Leader or Manager
• Human Resource Manager
• Director of Human Resources
• Human Resources Partner
• Human Resource Consultant
• Supervisors
• Company Owners
• Recruiting

Don has been a California employment practices attorney since 1983. He litigated employment and business cases for 17 years and quit once he figured out that nobody wins a lawsuit. Since leaving litigation, he has written numerous books and presented more than 500 times to executives nationwide. He loves talking about emotional intelligence and creating engaging workplaces!

Don was the founder and President of HR That Works, used by 3,500 companies and acquired by ThinkHR in January 2014. He worked there for two years as a V.P.

Now in his “wisdom-sharing years,” Don loves advising and coaching executives. He continues to inspire with his speaking and training.