Positive Leadership and Productivity
Ten minutes later, when I hop on the phone with my colleague, I still have that positive energy. I could have begun our conversation by launching right into our time sensitive opportunity and the fact that I haven’t been able to reach him, instead I start by saying “How are you and how was your trip?’ That approach – which was so easy to do – helped to ensure that we had a positive, productive session.
In the words of my 7-year-old son and my wife (who happens to teach kindergarten), I chose to be a “bucket filler” instead of a “bucket dipper.” The Gallup Business Journal published an article that hasn’t lost it’s relevance – it’s about “bucket filling for adults” – the positive-to-negative ratio and the impact that leaders can have on the productivity of all their employees just by making the choice to foster a positive work environment. The little things do count. Read The Impact of Positive Leadership by Tom Rath, Coauthor of How Full Is Your Bucket? to learn more about increasing productivity in a positive way.
What are YOU doing to fill buckets around you?