The 3 Best Way’s To Change The Employee’s Negative Mindset

The Business Planner
Nov 5 · 3 min read

Surviving Small Business, Writer Toni Turner

When you embark on your discovery to find yourself starting your new business, there is a new level of workmanship that is required. We all know what it is, it’s hard work and dedication with grit that makes you want to clench your teeth until they break… Ok maybe a little too literal. You know what I mean, it’s the time in your life when you have a newborn baby that requires every ounce of your being to survive.

You aren’t sleeping well, you are exhausted and you are trying to make ends meet. Once you are established enough and you can finally grow your company to hire staff to take the workload from you. The thing is, don’t all employees have in their mindset that you are a millionaire and you have everything?

A lot of them do and they resent you for it. Some are inspired (just like me when I was younger) but mostly employee’s do not see how you reinvest your money back into the business or they don’t see that you have not received your paycheck this week. They don’t see it, because you have put them first.

So you have a great employee and their mindset has taken a wrong turn and is quite negative towards you and your business, what are you going to do?

#1 Expectations

The best way to change the employee’s mindset is to be open with the employee from the start. Set their expectations to your standards. Describe to them in full detail what you do for the company, how many hours you work, where you go and who you see.

This builds out trust from day one. If you have plans every Wednesday at noon, you must play golf with your clients. Wednesday is the day the Boss must leave the office to golf. Your entire team will make sure you leave at noon because they know your schedule, they will do everything they can to make sure you are not late to see your client, because your clients pay your bills.

#2 Giving To Your Employees

You want to buy a new car for yourself, however you know you will be ‘watercooler gossip’ for the next 6 months. Only having a small team of 10 employees, that culture is toxic to any team environment which can create a ripple effect throughout your entire division. So how do you change it?

Generally, there is one main question, are you a generous employer? When was the last time you took your team out for dinner? When was the last time you left them a little surprise on their desk? Did I hear you say, last Christmas? Whoa, you are leaving it too late, however, this is completely fixable.

By looking after your employees throughout the year will provide a sense of gratitude and thankfulness within your team. No need to worry about the be fancy Christmas Bonus that everyone is displeased with, why not spread it out throughout the year?

Not only will it ease disgruntled employees negativity around your gifting which will help you prevent any ‘water-cooling’ debates about your new fancy wheels.

#3 Friday Night Drinks

In essence, most employees want to do the right thing for their employers. There are just times when employees think they are doing everything for the boss and the boss isn’t working hard enough.

Employees don’t see how much their mistakes have cost the company, or how many hours you have worked over the weekend just to repair there blunder they caused during the week. Then by washing it all down with alcoholic beverages on a Friday night, whilst you are looking at the excessive workload that you need to complete by Monday.

The employees are so happy because once they get that drink into their hand, they have finished work and nothing else matters. This negative mindset cripples small businesses because the employees are not considering their negative actions by allowing them NOT to complete their required task’s.

By strongly recommending changing the Friday night drinks to midweek breakfasts, this is a life-changing experience. With the population of people who drink alcohol, people who choose not to drink and people who should just not drink alcohol at all…! By changing Friday night drinks to a midweek breakfast eliminates the mindset of completion by the employee.

Writer Toni Turner

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