The Consequence of Attitude
Peter de Jager is a provocative Speaker,
Writer and Consultant. His primary focus in on how we manage change,
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I Recently performed an online survey on the issue of "Bad
Attitude". The 100 respondents contributed a wealth of information
which resulted in a 12 page article, far too long to read comfortably on
the web.
Here are some of the findings;
10% of employees are deemed by their managers to have a "Bad Attitude"
Of that 10%, more than 2/3 will be fired, let go, terminated or "constructively dismissed"
Both
the definitions of what people classify as "Bad Attitude" and
the impact these individuals have on an organization were very consistent
from one respondent to another.
However, the variety of "solutions" ranged from "Ignoring
the Problem" to "Firing immediately".
I've placed the MS Word Document here,
feel free to download it and examine it at your leisure. The input from
the respondents makes for very interesting reading.
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© 2005 Peter de Jager – Peter is interested in all things related to Management, but especially Change Management.
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