The large majority of us tend to
focus on what is wrong in our lives, both at home and in the workplace. This
needs to change if we are to be successful in creating a positive working
environment where people are able to achieve their potential.
Think about what your leaders and
managers focus the majority of their time on. You will probably find they give
more time and attention to problems, rather than focusing on the positive
things that are happening within their team and organisation. For example, managers
tend to focus more time on what employees are not doing or what is not being
done properly instead of sharing all the positive things that have been achieved.
This happens naturally and is what
our mind is trained to do. Think about the ‘fight or flight’ response, our
body's automatic response prepares us to fight or run from danger or a threat.
But times have changed. We don’t need to be on the look-out for danger in the
same way we did years ago.
It is important to remember that
problems create problems and therefore focusing all of our attention on what is
wrong will have a detrimental effect on business and our employees. It creates
a ball of negative energy that just attracts more of the same.
This negative focus will eventually
lead to a hostile working environment and a disengaged workforce, which will
have a negative impact on both productivity and the happiness of our employees.
It’s time for leaders and managers
to take a stand. We need to focus on what is positive within our organisation
and training our people to do the same. By this I don’t mean we should ignore
problems, I simply mean we need to turn most of our attention to what is good
and build on this.
This is not easy and our mind will
quite often naturally default back to focus on problems and negative things
that surround us. It will take time but this shift needs to happen if we are
going to attract and retain the best people and succeed as organisations.
Mind
management is at the heart of everything we do.
Crack this, and everything else becomes easy.
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