In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the idea of Eeyore in organizations.
If you remember from childhood reading, Eeyore is an extremely “gloomy gus”.  He exhibits no energy, no emotion, nothing.  If there is energy (whether positive or negative), organizations and leaders can work together to channel or focus that energy.  When there is no energy, there is nothing to work with.

Don reminds us that this type of employee sucks the energy from others and becomes toxic to teams and organizations.

It is critical to identify the Eeyores within an organization and then engage them.  This is the key to going from Eeyore to Piglet!

Three things for you to consider once Eeyores have been identified:

• How can your leaders, teams and organization engage Eeyore?
• How can interactions be modified to engage Eeyore?
• What will your leaders, teams and organization do if Eeyore doesn’t engage?

Depending on your answers to the above questions, it may be a time to send Eeyore back to the “100 Acre Woods” or create a plan for dealing with negativity in your organization.

For a better understanding of how to build High Performance Teams and eliminate negativity, contact us!  Our expert Guides can help guide and work with your organization to increase the effectiveness at resolving problems from the bottom up, rather than the top down.  We also provide programs for the 3 Rs (Recruiting, Retaining, & Retiring your employees), along with other Human Resource tools, Strategic Planning, and Communication.  We have over 50 years’ combined experience in building strong and effective Leaders, Teams, and organizations to help you on your journey to success.

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