How to Overcome Negativity in the Workplace Curriculum Outline
The Path from Pessimism to Optimism
Overview/Description
Your point of view affects virtually every aspect of your life, including your level of success. A negative point of view is a detrimental influence. Negativity is the result of unchecked pessimism. Its an abnormal pattern of thinking that persists over time and negates solutions and successful outcomes. Learning to deal with negativity will improve both your personal and business relationships. This course identifies how negative attitudes are formed, how you can identify them, and how a bad attitude becomes contagious. You will also learn some practical tools for developing and maintaining a positive point of view.
Target Audience
Executives, managers, supervisors, team leaders, team members and anyone else who must meet the challenge of changing negative cultures and staff behaviors.
Expected Duration
4.0 hours
Lesson Objectives:
Forging a Persons Point of View
Recognize the benefits of overcoming the factors that forge a persons negative point of view. Identify ways to check pessimistic beliefs when dealing with a negative situation. Identify ways to check pessimistic perceptions when dealing with a negative event. Identify ways to check pessimistic interpretations when encountering a negative situation. Issues that Instigate Negative Thinking
Recognize the value of being aware of the three aspects of negativity. Recall ways to overcome the three factors that instigate negative thinking. Identify ways to check either one of the two forms in which negativity exists. Classify the attitude of an individual given the nature and requirements of the persons job. The Path to a Positive Point of View
Recognize the benefit of the I-CAN model to train for optimism when dealing with a negative situation. Identify the negative effects of baggage. Identify the procedure to harness the power of choice when dealing with a negative situation. Identify the strategy to effectively use the components of the I CAN model. The Catalysts of Negativity
Recognize the benefits of checking the three catalysts of negativity. Identify ways to check the contagious quality of negativity. Identify ways to check the negativity that may result from conflicting views. Identify ways to check communication styles and behaviors that trigger their own negative reactions. How to Avoid Being a Carrier of Negativity
Recognize the benefits of the P.L.A.N. for positive change. Identify the three modes through which negativity is expressed. Identify strategies to PLAN for positive change if one is perceived as negative. Acting Upon vs. Reacting to Negativity
Recognize the value of using the ACT and ACE models to act upon negative situations. Identify strategies to ACT to limit the harmful effects of negativity when dealing with the negativity of others. Identify the strategies to be an ACE when responding to the negativity of others. Back to ListProactive Approaches to Stop Negativity
Overview/Description
Quite often you may have found it difficult to communicate with a negative thinker. It is quite possible that the negative thinker remained closed to what you were saying. Instead of getting frustrated with the situation, using the right confrontational or coaching skills would help the negative thinker to see reason. This course offers you proven methods to help a negative thinker overcome negativity. You will learn how to avoid common pitfalls that hinder communication, when to confront a negative thinker, and how to use the I-CAN Model to coach negative thinkers.
Target Audience
Executives, manager, supervisors, team leaders, team members and anyone else who must meet the challenge of changing negative cultures and staff behaviors.
Expected Duration
2.0 hours
Lesson Objectives:
Productive Communication Skills
Recognize the value of productive communication skills while dealing with a negative thinker. Identify the principles to make the negativist feel important when interacting with him. Identify ways to keep a conversation flowing when interacting with a negativist. Recognize how humor can condition productive communication. Confronting Negative Behavior
Recognize the importance of confronting negative behavior using the confronting model. Identify the hazards of ignoring negative behavior. Identify how to address a negativist while confronting him. Identify the process of implementing the confronting model. Coaching Towards Optimism
Recognize the benefit of using the I-CAN model to coach someone facing a negative situation. Identify the ways to control the atmosphere when negativity is expressed. Identify the procedure of implementing the I-CAN model to coach a negativist towards optimism. Identify the ways of accentuating the positive with the use of AAA list. Back to ListOvercoming Organizational Negativity
Overview/Description
Organizational negativity is the responsibility of each individual. This course will teach you how to challenge organizational negativity as well as how to protect yourself from the negativity of others. You will learn how negative norms become entrenched in an organization, department or team and how to create a more positive working environment.
Target Audience
Executives, manager, supervisors, team leaders, team members and anyone else who must meet the challenge of changing negative cultures and staff behaviors.
Expected Duration
2.0 hours
Lesson Objectives:
Negativity in Your Organization
Recognize the value of being aware of the symptoms of negativity at the work place. Identify the consequences of negativity in an organization. Identify the impact of norms in an organization. The Impact and Nature of Norms
Recognize the value of being aware of how norms take shape in an organization. Identify the norms that exist in an organization. Identify how norms take shape in an organization. Overcoming Organizational Negativity
Recognize the value of being aware of the five step model to overcome organizational negativity. Identify the process to develop a normative profile when implementing the model. Identify the process to prioritize the negative norms when implementing the model. Identify how to clarify the change when implementing the model. Identify behaviors that are conducive to a positive work atmosphere. Identify how to implement the five step model. Back to List
How to Overcome Negativity in the Workplace
Within a company setting, the human resources personnel are typically the ones given the
task of implementing mood management practices to the other staff members. But as a professional, knowing how
to dodge these potentially harmful emotions could prove to be useful in keeping ahead of the game. A business
affair can greatly depend on how the participants felt about the situation in the first place. It can also be
helpful when communicating with people who are pessimistic and have a hard time keeping their negativity in check.
Our online human resource management training can lend you the skills needed to help yourself and others from the
damage a negative outlook can cause.
You need to be prepared to deal with these feelings accordingly so that they don’t get In the way of your
business potential and our negativity course has the tools to help. Additionally, you will learn to protect yourself
from developed negative norms that can become a typical part of a company or organization. CBT Direct’s Online Human
Resources and Negativity Control Training will instruct professionals in the methods used to avoid negative thinking
and open up communication between others who are having difficulties with negativity themselves.
Benefits of CBT Direct’s Online Human Resources and Negativity
Control Training
CBT Direct boasts the most beneficial online training on the market. With CBT Direct’s online training, you have the
flexibility to study on your schedule, and with the speed and reliability of the internet, CBT Direct’s human resources
training course is accessible anywhere you have an internet connection. Convenience finally costs less with CBT Direct -
the most affordable online training solution today.
The unique design of CBT Direct’s human resources course emphasizes learner initiative, self-management and
experiential learning. CBT Direct’s online course design begins with the definition of user-focused performance
objectives and then proceeds to the selection and implementation of instructional strategies and learning activities
appropriate for those objectives. This effective instruction model for CBT Direct’s human resources training course
ensures the greatest level of comprehension and retention.
Who Benefits from CBT Direct’s Online Human Resources and
Negativity Control Training?
Our online training will benefit professionals at any level who have difficulty battling personal
or employee negative behavior and /or need to change their negative business environment.
What Professionals Will Learn from CBT Direct’s Online Human Resources and Negativity Control Training
Professionals will learn to triumph over the causes of negative thinking and evaluate the ways to control pessimistic
perceptions, beliefs and interpretations when handling a negative circumstance or condition. Our online human resource
management training will help the learner to identify the aspects involved with negative thinking along with the instigating
factors. CBT Direct will cover optimism training that can benefit human resources and single employees including the P.L.A.N
and I-CAN methods.
Negativity can be contagious and our online training will explain the catalysts and communication styles that may produce
negative reactions. CBT Direct will show the different models that can be used to respond to negative transactions and/or people.
Professionals will discover way to utilize tools like humor and making the negative communicator feel important in order to keep
the conversation going. Using our human resource management course will reaffirm the need to confront negativity at the individual
as well as the company level to reduce the impact it can have on business efficiency.
Negativity can chip away at company morale along with reducing productivity and sometimes it only takes one negative
idea being passed around to start the cycle. It is imperative to take control of the situation and our online training
contains the know-how and conversational tips to help achieve balance and power over negativity in the office. Whether
you are in human resource management or simply a co-worker feeling the weight of unconstructive pessimism, CBT Direct’s
Online Human Resources and Negativity Control Training has the instructions you need to gain control of the negative
situations that can arise within your working environment.
How to Overcome Negativity in the Workplace
