A positive workplace promotes employee growth, goal attainment, safety, and well-being. This environment supports employees in performing at their highest abilities. People at all levels of an organization can make the workplace supportive instead of negative.
- While there are plenty of complex daily challenges in the workplace, don’t dwell on negatives; shift gears as soon as possible into active problem solving with your colleagues.
- Don’t get pulled into gossip. Gossiping about others doesn’t help anyone’s long-term credibility. It only causes an ongoing division between people. If you see it happening, excuse yourself as gracefully as possible.
- Take every opportunity to compliment others in the workplace for their contributions and conscientiousness. If you offer positive energy, it will return to you.
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- Participate enthusiastically in workplace group activities. Spreading a sense of belonging is like being a “lighthouse” to those who might be more negative. Be a positive light, and others will join you.
- Show respect for all of your co-workers. Your words and actions ring loudest when you’re treating your colleagues with dignity and respect regardless of background, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.
- Help strengthen the organization’s culture, regardless of your job level. By sharing kudos, high-fives, and being positive in the face of adversity, you’ll be the colleague everyone wants on their team.
Join Magellan’s live interactive webinar Cultivating Civility in Your Work Environment on Wednesday, July 14th, at 1 p.m. Central. Register
Learning objectives include:
- Recognize what workplace civility is and what it is not.
- Understand the negative impact of incivility in the workplace.
- Recognize the value of contributing to and being part of a positive and civil work environment.
- Learn how to promote a climate of civility, starting with yourself.
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