Applying Gallant's Solution To Negativism

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.d.), negativism is an attitude of mind that is marketed by the tendency to be skeptical while failing to offer any positive views, comments or suggestions. Negativity has a habitual attitude to resist the views, orders, and suggestion of others. Gallant (2011) argues that negative people have tendencies of passing their own insecurities to other people. The negative person will want to convince other people to take similar views as they do. Gallant goes on to explain that the common phrases used by a negativist while pursuing an initiative in a team would be; “I don’t think this will work”, “that would never work” or, “we don’t have the budget, nor the time”. These kinds of people alienate themselves from group tasks simply by their actions and negative thoughts.
Gallant continues to say that it is essential to get on board and be part of the team. This transformation of oneself requires a conscious effort and will not come naturally. One will need to have a more open mind while interacting with other employees as a solution to the negativism. Negativism is a less professional behavior that can create bad working conditions for the employees. According to Hamilton (2012), employees in the workplace need to ignore the negativist in their midst. Furthermore, Hamilton also suggests that no matter how trivial complaints might be, it is important to scrutinize grievances rather than disregard them completely. It is important to listen and assure the negativist that their concerns will be addressed (Hamilton,