Staying Positive in A Negative Environment

How positive or negative is your workplace? Do some colleagues have a personality conflict with the boss? Do some employees purposely avoid others? Is there a negative group of workers who constantly complain and make it more difficult for others?

Some work environments are measurably more positive than others. How positive or negative individual work environments are, is often due to the manager in charge. Sometimes morale is due to a combination of factors hard to pinpoint and harder to control. The fact is, the number one reason for job unhappiness and low productivity centres around relationship conflicts, which in most cases could have been avoided.

Working in a negative work environment and keeping yourself positive is not an easy game to play. Yet, at one time or another, everyone must deal with the problem. Regardless of your situation, if you are to reach your career goals, your three major human relationship challenges are:

Learning to work with people without becoming negative yourself.

Keeping relationships as healthy as possible – especially with your supervisor.

Repairing damaged relationships as soon as possible.

The primary reason why success in these areas will boost your career is:

Good relationships will improve your personal productivity as well as help others to cooperate to get the job done.

Your image within the company will be more positive.

The reduction of personal conflicts will take less out of you and, as a result, make you a more valuable employee.