However, if building a positive business is so important and beneficial, then we are left to wonder, “Why aren't more companies more positive?” Why are there not more people skipping through the halls, smiling at their co-workers and loving their job? Why do more people die Monday morning at 9 am than any other time? Why does negativity cost companies 300 billion dollars and sabotage teamwork, careers, morale, and performance?
The Positive Business Manifesto, from author and business culture guru Jon Gordon, whose books
More importantly, I believe that implementing Jon's principles and practices will help our organizations weather the uncertainty of this current recessionary environment.
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@”we are left to wonder, “Why aren’t more companies more positive?”
Many in leadership positions have an agenda other than the well being of the company.
Just wanted to give a very strong second to Greg’s observation that many people have agendas other than the organization’s mission. I was astounded by this fact when “professional” management was brought into our company that had grown to $200MM in revenue under the entrepreneurial founders.
“Colorado
Permanente Medical Group chose to deal with negativity by letting go of 10-20 negative doctors
each year, increasing morale and profits in the process”
To be honest that sounds a bit frustrating.
To let them go or to lay them off?
To increase morale or to scare and make everybody put on a fake smile?
Vladimir — you raise a really good question there. There are some people who you just have to rid yourself of sometimes… if they’re that bad, the organization will appreciate you removing them from the situation.
10 to 20 a year sounds like a bit much… you really have that many incurable problem doctors, I would wonder? Seems unlikely.
One man’s “I’m just trying to make suggestions to make things better” is another man’s “negative.”
In Jon’s book there is a lot of attenion devoted to the concept of having the RIGHT people on your bus and getting the WRONG people off the bus. The key of course, is having a LEADERSHIP team with the ability and courage to correctly identify characteristics of the RIGHT people. Is this perhaps where many of the breakdowns take place?
Adam
with today’s news that Toyota may cut full-time emplyees – I have to wonder what that will do to the morale at the transplant companies – all this time up until now – employees would help to eliminate jobs because – they would always get put somewhere else. But once you start letting people go – the associates will not be so eager in the future to do anything that could lead to the elimination of a position.