Keeping a Good ATTITUDE --Tip for Being Essential
ATTITUDE --the third element of the REACH Framework.
Let's first talk about the behaviors that go along with a bad attitude in the workplace. You can tell someone has a bad attitude when they:
- Moan about the work or task at hand
- Refuse to work with colleagues
- Complain about customers
- Repeatedly make excuses and miss deadlines
- Gossip about others at work
- Seldomly smile at work
- Exhibit body language that makes them unapproachable
- Use an arrogant, angry, or non-empathetic tone of voice
- Refuse to participate in team activities
- Disappear when the team needs them the most
When you have the right attitude, everyone around you knows it. Here are five reasons why a good attitude is good for your career!
1. More opportunities arise for those who are have a positive influence on the workplace and get results.
2. Less stress for those who consistently believe in and think in positive terms.
3. Improved customer relationships. Customers prefer to work with someone who is positive and finds purpose in their work.
4. Better leader because positive behaviors are visible to those around you and tend to draw others toward you.
5. Better productivity with less time spent on things beyond your control and more time focused on achieving goals.
To wrap up this month's topic I'll share a joke I once heard from a comedian -
A bad attitude is like peeing your pants. Everyone around you can see it but only you can feel it!
ATTITUDE is a state of mind and a choice to allow our behaviors to show our inner thoughts and beliefs in a way that can affect our career success.
Abraham Lincoln may have said it best: "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." How happy have you decided to be today?
