Be Aware of Your Power to Impact People Negatively

As a CEO, you have more power than you may realize. Unfortunately, this cuts both ways. You can provide tremendous motivation and encouragement to your employees, yet you can also demoralize them quickly by being excessively negative and critical. Be sure to remember the five to one rule; for every one negative or critical interaction with your employees, you need to balance this with five positives. This rule has been well established by psychologists who have studied interactions both at work and in the family. Note well, this rule applies to your personal relationships as well as to relationships at work. So this week, each day keep track of the five to one ratio and see how well you are doing.