With never-ending changes, with flattened organizations, with fewer employees to do the work, with loyalty a thing of the past, negative comments can be a natural byproduct.   Comments such as, “It won’t work…We already tried that…and…I can’t do it” become all too familiar.

Unfortunately, employee attitudes will defeat you faster than the competition.   Negativity is extremely contagious and results in an environment where people don’t try as hard, don’t care as much, and don’t succeed as often.

With recruitment and retention so important, you must build a work environment that is alive, exciting, and positive.   You must build an environment  where satisfaction and fulfillment are the rule, not the exception.   You must minimize or eliminate the negative.

That’s what this program is all about.   You’ll learn the 8 R’s of a positive work environment.   You’ll learn how to implement the 8 R’s, whether it be on an organizational level, on a one-to-one basis, or even within yourself.

OBJECTIVES:

• To identify the markings of a negative work environment

• To understand the benefits of an enjoyable, energized work environment

• To acquire skills that build a positive work environment

• To implement strategies that challenge and change a negative work environment

• To feel empowered by what can be done rather than feel stuck with what is
   

ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES

Reformation

• Capturing the employees’ heart

• Encouraging risk and difference

Respect

• Meeting five key needs

• Eliminating climates that stifle

• Creating partners

Relationship

• Building a climate of results

• Honoring rights

• Nurturing trust

• Opening the communication

Reinforcement

• Instilling achievement motivation

• Modeling teamwork and leadership competency

• Facilitating change and transition acceptance

Recognition

• Rewarding positive behavior

• Starving negative behavior

 Resolution

• Identifying prerequisites to cooperation

• Selecting an appropriate conflict resolution style

• Avoiding words that irritate

Resistance

• Learning how to stay positive

• Protecting yourself from other’s negativity

Renewal

• Driving the learning

• Encouraging fun in the workplace

• Managing the stress

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