An Employee with a Poor Attitude (Managing Essentials™ Series)

New Just-In-Time Performance Management Tool! Poor attitudes in the workplace can deteriorate morale, lower productivity, and increase costs. What do you do? There are five steps you can take to help the situation.

Poor attitudes are one of the most subtle and insidious problems that managers have to deal with. Dealing with them properly, in a timely manner, and with great care is critically important. Not handling them is a lot like a virus in a computer. It’ll continue to create a problem until it is corrected. As in any management situation, give the person a lot of recognition for improvement. And, of course, always treat the person with great care and respect.