Attitude

Benefits of Having a Positive Work Attitude

Better for your mental health because you are better able to cope with stressful situations at
work
Ability to inspire and motivate self and others.
Ability to turn every challenge into an opportunity, or make less than ideal situations into better
ones.
Seen as role models and garner more respect.
Other employees around you will also adopt a positive work attitude making it easier for
everyone to get along in the workplace.
Perceived as a leader and get more special projects to work on.
You expect positive outcomes and results, and you usually get them, resulting in more success
at work.
Ability to stick to activities and see them through.
Resilience ability to bounce back from setbacks.
Stronger immune system.
How to Cultivate a Positive Work Attitude
Take responsibility for your own life.
Prepare for the days activity at a reasonable pace.
Think about all the positive things you expect to accomplish during the day and always expect
the best.
Smile and laugh often
Develop a habit of using only positive language.
Surround yourself with positive people.
Perform your work with passion and enthusiasm.
Always give thanks, acknowledge a job well done, and celebrate successes, even the small
ones.
Look for the good in every bad/challenging situation.
Eat healthy.
Attitude (Luxna)
An attitude is a predisposition to act a certain way toward people and things in one's environment.
Attitudes in a workplacehave an effect on every person in the organization, from the employees to
the company owner. Attitudes help to develop the prevailing workplace environment that determines
employee morale, productivity and team-building abilities. Understanding how positive and negative
attitudes affect the workplace is an important tool in creating a harmonious workplace.

Components of Attitudes

Cognitive: This represents our thoughts, beliefs and ideas about something. Typically these come to
light in generalities or stereotypes, such as ''This job isn't challenging; work is important to me.''
Affective: This component deals with feelings or emotions that are brought to the surface about
something, such as fear or hate. Using our above example, someone might have the attitude that
they hate teenagers because they are lazy or that they love all babies because they are cute.

Conative: This can also be called the behavioral component and centers on individuals acting a
certain way towards something, such as 'we better keep those lazy teenagers out of the library,' or
'I cannot wait to kiss that baby.'

Satisfaction(Garima)
Fulfillment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this.

Employers are faced with the task of motivating employees and creating high job satisfaction
among their staff. Creating programs and policies that develop job satisfaction and serve to
motivate employees takes time and money to create. When the employer understands the
benefits of job satisfaction and motivation in the workplace, though, the investment in
employee-related policies can be justified.
Job Duties
Employees who are satisfied with their jobs and motivated by the company to succeed will also
work to create more efficient job processes. Managers should meet at least monthly with
employees to discuss the efficiency of their job duties and how they can be improved to
increase productivity. The company that sets out to create a satisfying workplace will be privy
to feedback from employees who would like to increase the level of job satisfaction they
experience, resulting in open communication between management personnel and workers.
Employees will want to maintain that satisfying work environment, and they will regularly
supply opinions and feedback that they feel is necessary to preserve the positive workplace
atmosphere.
Volunteering
When staff members are unmotivated and dissatisfied with their jobs, they tend to not pursue
additional tasks that may help the company succeed. For example, dissatisfied employees will
generally not offer to volunteer for committees that plan the annual company picnic or help
move departments from one part of the office to another. When the company creates an
atmosphere of job satisfaction and properly motivates employees, it can be easier to find
volunteers to complete outside projects that are necessary for improving company morale or
the operation of the organization.

Performance(Levi)

An organization is nothing without its people. A high performance workplace exists when everyone
in the organization shares the same vision and trusts and values each other's contributions.
Responsibility and trust leads to engagement, commitment and high performance.
Organizations where people are properly managed bring about self-motivation to do a good job.
Being properly managed does not mean treating everyone the same because that would mean
treating employees who contribute the least to the organization the same way as those who
contribute the most. High performing employees don't enjoy working for a manager who treats
everyone the same because they discover that their exemplary performance provides no benefit.
Excellence in managing people equates to excellent people.

People management experts agree that real motivation comes from within an individual when that
individual feels valued and feels that the work he or she does contributes to the goals of his or her
organization.
In addition, people are motivated when the organization works on the premise that everyone in the
organization has talent which must be developed. The development of talent enables both job
enrichment and job enlargement. People feel trusted to complete tasks with more complexity and
feel that their superiors have faith in their abilities. When managers take an interest in coaching
and developing their employees, employees generally take up the challenge.
Smart organizations understand that their primary goal is to enhance the performance of their
people. In a knowledge work economy, people are the engine that keep companies growing,
adapting, improving and innovating. Not surprisingly, thoughtful workplace design can be a
powerful tool for supporting employee performance. And a collateral benefit is that what typically
supports productivity also enhances employee health and wellness its all interrelated.One way to
better understand the nature of human performance is through a definition used by organizational
psychologists, who believe it is enabled through a blend of ability, motivation and opportunity.
Performance is a function of the three factors acting together. Ability has to do with whether a
person can do a task. Motivation is a measure of whether a person wants to do it. Opportunity is
about accessibility; a person cant do a task if she is not given a chance or if she is denied access to
necessary resources or amenities.

Attitude as driver of good or badbehaviourat work.(Pavan)

Attitude as driver of good or badbehaviourat work.

Some key points are

An employee's attitude can affect those around him/her
Work environment can effect a person's attitude.
While management needs to create a positive work environment, employees also have a
responsibility regarding their attitude.

An attitude is generally the way a person responds to his/her environment either negatively or
positively. This attitude can have a conscious and subconscious aspect, meaning you know it's
affecting you or you might not even know how your environment changes your attitude. A
person who has a positive attitude can inspire and lift the spirits of her/her co-worker, while a
person with a negative attitude can lower their co-workers spirits and instead of motivating and
inspiring their co-workers; negative people tend to discourage their co-workers. A positive or
negative attitude of an employee affects their work performance and the performance of the
people they work with.Attitudes do not necessarily create competition in the workplace, but
they enhance the competitive environment. A negative attitude in the workplace creates an
atmosphere of distrust among employees and causes employees to attempt to achieve success
at the expense of each other. In a workplace with a positive attitude, competition is seen as a
motivator that inspires employees to perform at their best to improve productivity. Attitude is
good in the work place as long as it is positive, because this doesn't only benefit you but

everyone around you, a negative attitude will decrease your chances of success in your
workplace.

So How Can You Create A Positive Attitude? Follow These Steps:

1. Take Charge Of Your Attitude.

If you have a bad attitude, you can change it if you want to. I emphasize the word WANT. You
got to where you are in your career by saying I WANT. Examples are: "I want to run the
department." "I want to work for this company." "I want a promotion." "I want to make more
money." You can do the same with your attitude by saying you WANT a good attitude. A bad
attitude is not something you are stuck with. It's something you can work on by choosing to do
so.

2. Let Go Of What Doesn't Matter.

It does not matter what you did or did not do in your last position, in your last interview, on
your last resume, or during your last interaction with a recruiter. In all likelihood, you did not
fail and you have no reason to feel guilty for anything you have done up to this point. If you did
fail in some way, learn from your mistakes, and put your new knowledge to work for you. Focus
on the positive and you will find the positive. If you let the little things drag you down,
(especially the things you cannot do anything about) you will take yourself out of the game
before it begins.

3. Spend Time With You.

When you were employed and working very hard, from time to time, you said to yourself (and
others) that you wanted time off or needed a break. Well, now you have one. Use this time
wisely. I am not saying to stop your job search and go on an extended vacation (unless you can
afford to). I am saying to take time for you. Spend time with family and friends. Go to the gym,
work-out, meditate, spend time with God, etc. These are the things that will put you into a
good frame of mind so you can maintain momentum and focus in your job search.

Reflection

If I had an employee exhibiting bad behavior, I would solve it by approaching him/her. I would
call the employee in for a talk, and explain to him/her that his behavior is inappropriate in the
workplace. I would tell the employee examples of the bad behavior being shown. I would
explain to the employee how attitude problems can affect the workplace. I will then tell the
employee that the company comes before him or her, and in order for the company to be
successful, its workers need to behave. Finally, I would tell the employee he has to choices to
make. One is to take up a second chance and improve his/her attitude and never exhibit bad
behavior again. The other choice is to realize that the he/she cannot change and leave the
company. Both choices will end up with the bad attitude in the workplace being neutralized,
and will also help the person improve in behavior.