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(MoneyWatch) Trying to manage people who have a poor attitude can feel like a losing battle. Negativity, left unchecked, will eventually stunt team performance. The first step to reinstate the positive? Learning to distinguish real negativity from someone who simply doesn’t agree with you.
“You want people on your team, in any profession, who challenge your thinking and ask the right questions,” says Suzanne Bates, author of Speak Like A CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results.
But if someone really needs an attitude adjustment, here’s how to help them:
[Here is the first of her specific recommendations.]
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Amy Levin-Epstein is a freelance writer who has been published in dozens of magazines (including Glamour, Self and Redbook), websites (including AOLHealth.com, Babble.com and Details.com) and newspapers (including The New York Post and the Boston Globe). To read more of her writing, visit AmyLevinEpstein.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MWOnTheJob.