Susan, from the blogging cite What Motivates You? has brought the attention of what she calls the "Negative Nelly" to the morning office meetings. The situation is how quickly the mood can change from a positive work environment to a negative environment in a manner of seconds and raises a few question on how would you deal with this. Some of the questions she asks are:
1) Ignore 'Negative Nelly' and the behavior that she is portraying
2) Pull 'Negative Nelly' off to the side and share with her your concerns about her behavior and negative attitude
3) Leave the meeting
4) Participate in the meeting by displaying a positive attitude and behavior and pull the environment back from a negative one to a positive one.
These questions all have to do with what motivates you to get back to an environment of comfort within yourself and the assumption of others. Susan also states these ideas also are critical with your own everyday moods. Or possible could this negative force be a glimmer or glimpse of you?
So for instance would you on a good day come in to the meeting see 'Negative Nelly' and then bolt out the door or would you have tried to pull the meeting back to a positive environment? And what would you do if you realized that you were this 'Negative Nelly' or as Susan also states it 'Ned'? Would you be motivated enough to change or continue to make your workplace un-enjoyable?
The website the blog by Susan can be found at http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/what-motivates in case you would like to read her tweet as well.
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