Career Conversations with Margie Hartley and Ryan Bonnici

How to Manage Negative Employees

Bad attitudes can be more damaging than poor performance. The negative employee occupies coaching time for all of the team and in fact the costs of a negative employee are known to outweigh the benefits of having a superstar. How do we lead people with a poor attitude … the negative employee? In this episode of the Fast Track podcast, Ryan Bonnici, Chief Marketing Officer at G2 reveals his tips to handling negative employees, including:

  1. Open communication
  2. The three part assessment
  3. Call it when you see it
  4. Why you just can’t afford to ignore it