In such cases, the management must try to understand the person’s aspiration and come up with innovative solutions to make one’s work place interesting and to break the boredom. As work is always work and changing ones work is not possible and not correct thing in all cases, management should be able to help the folks to see the work in a new angle and with a different perception. This will really help in rejuvenating one’s mind.

Apart from work, there should be some non-work activities which could motivate and give a breeze of fresh air. It could be team outing, birth day celebration or get together. Normally, many organizations celebrate Birthdays on a common date; some do celebrate individually on the particular date. Again, the celebration should not be in a mechanical way – like bringing cake, calling the team, cutting it and eating followed by some plastic smiles and artificial humor. People will get bored soon and loose interest. Nobody likes this kind of celebration which is nothing but another unavoidable meeting. It is more like punishment than pleasure. People need some personal touch and care. In such cases, management should think to some innovative ideas like – send a greetings mail to the person, send a flower bouquet, greeting card and some goodies to their home. This will make a big difference, not only will the person become happy but also their family will feel proud of the Organization. A small thing can make a big difference. Many organizations conduct team outings and plan many activities to keep the employees mind away from work for a while and keep the team sprit up. It works fine to some extent, but not the way it should have been. While planning for team outing, management should discuss with employees, what they like and their expectations. Based on expectations, activities should be planned by involving the employees. Another thing, we should be careful while planning for activities, there should not be too many activities packed up in a time frame – it will de-motivate and make them frustrated. Mainly people should get enough free time to do things in their own way rather than following enforced rules. Lastly, we should not mix-up team-outings with team building.

One more factor that spreads negativity within an organization is the kind of interaction between “the Boss and Subordinates of the company” and “the HR and the Employees”. Each and every employee needs attention of the Organization and Organization requires everybody’s participation. Management should try to involve each and every one in decision making - based on their roles and responsibilities. Otherwise employees feels that their views has no value and there is no consideration for them, and this slowly leads to hostility and a ‘why should I care?’ attitude–Again Negativity. It is very important to make every employee feel that they are important to the company. This can be achieved only by improving communication with them and being open about most managerial decisions.

Lastly, few more important factors that lead to negativity – Lack of appreciations and recognition. After working hard for days, weeks and months together, employees expect a basic amount of appreciation and recognition for their efforts. When that does not happen, most of them tend to lose the motivation to work as hard as they did earlier. Again, the process of evaluation and comparison for recognition should be transparent; otherwise it will backfire and may raise misunderstandings.
Ultimately, one should have to deal with negativity in work place as well as in personal things for a beautiful life.

Transform each hurdle into an opportunity | Stop gossiping and idle talk | Keep yourself occupied | Be transparent and make the process transparent | Communicate effectively with peers and seniors

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