Evaluating optimism within the team
Do you ever evaluate the optimism within your team? Have you been aspiring for people who don’t care and encouraging people who prefer complaining? Maybe you’ve offered solutions to people who respond with more problems. Here are some practical ways to evaluate optimism:
Don’t invest in more training when previous training had no effect – unless you’re convinced the training was completely ineffective. What are you actually doing? Hope is motivation to take action. Don’t sit around mumbling things will work out. Positive expectation is dangerous when it prolongs inaction. What are you doing differently? When hope prevents change, its destructive. How are you learning from experiences?
*Evaluate your environment. When things change, maybe it’s time to adjust goals or abandon the target. Remember that confidence and optimism about the future enables organisations to retain talent.