uided, or evil, it’s a vital part of the human development process. Use it to your advantage.

Here’s some even better advice from William James, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind . . . The art of being wise i

Managers and leaders who are overly negative and critical in the name of facing reality alienate their employees and customers, close down honest and open dialogue in their organizations and foster cynical, hopeless and lifeless cultures. Ignoring the positive while focusing only on the negative can be a form of management malpractice. But management malpractice will never be stopped if that’s all we expect from the managers and leaders of our organizations. The danger in focusing only on the negative while neglecting the positive lies in never envisioning the possibility of greater change, improvement, learning, breakthrough, progress, fulfillment, or happiness.

The attitude that managers and leaders in organizations will always malpractice management and will never improve is far too negative to produce change and improvement. Some say that the best way to overcome a bad habit is to face up to all the ugly effects and consequences caused by the bad habit. Good advice. But applying such advice requires contemplating, envisioning and planning life after the bad habit is eliminated. Focusing on the positive as a means to overcoming the negative is not bad, misguided, or evil, it’s a vital part of the human development process. Use it to your advantage.

Here’s some even better advice from William James, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind . . . The art of being wise is

can be a form of management malpractice. But management malpractice will never be stopped if that’s all we expect from the managers and leaders of our organizations. The danger in focusing only on the negative while neglecting the positive lies in never envisioning the possibility of greater change, improvement, learning, breakthrough, progress, fulfillment, or happiness.

The attitude that managers and leaders in organizations will always malpractice management and will never improve is far too negative to produce change and improvement. Some say that the best way to overcome a bad habit is to face up to all the ugly effects and consequences caused by the bad habit. Good advice. But applying such advice requires contemplating, envisioning and planning life after the bad habit is eliminated. Focusing on the positive as a means to overcoming the negative is not bad, misguided, or evil, it’s a vital part of the human development process. Use it to your advantage.

Here’s some even better advice from William James, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind . . . The art of being wise i

ange, improvement, learning, breakthrough, progress, fulfillment, or happiness.

The attitude that managers and leaders in organizations will always malpractice management and will never improve is far too negative to produce change and improvement. Some say that the best way to overcome a bad habit is to face up to all the ugly effects and consequences caused by the bad habit. Good advice. But applying such advice requires contemplating, envisioning and planning life after the bad habit is eliminated. Focusing on the positive as a means to overcoming the negative is not bad, misguided, or evil, it’s a vital part of the human development process. Use it to your advantage.

Here’s some even better advice from William James, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind . . . The art of being wise i

bad habit is to face up to all the ugly effects and consequences caused by the bad habit. Good advice. But applying such advice requires contemplating, envisioning and planning life after the bad habit is eliminated. Focusing on the positive as a means to overcoming the negative is not bad, misguided, or evil, it’s a vital part of the human development process. Use it to your advantage.

Here’s some even better advice from William James, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind . . . The art of being wise i

uided, or evil, it’s a vital part of the human development process. Use it to your advantage.

Here’s some even better advice from William James, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind . . . The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” We can overcome management malpractice in our organizations and rise to new levels of trust, cooperation, fulfillment, happiness and success in our workplaces.

The potential danger in focusing only on the positive while minimizing the negative lies in never understanding the core of the problem, difficulty, trouble, dilemma, obstacle, threat, menace, crisis, predicament, confusion, unrest or turmoil. Managers and leaders who are overanxious and overreaching in they efforts to contain or curtail the discussion of legitimate concerns, criticisms and disagreements in the name of emphasizing positivism and eliminating negativity risk closing down honest and open communication, alienating their employees and customers, and fostering an authoritarian, control-obsessed culture. Ignoring the negative while emphasizing only the positive can be a form of management malpractice.

Management malpractice, like other pesky problems and menacing obstacles, doesn’t go away by itself or through only the positive reinforcement of praiseworthy or well-practiced management. The only way to get rid of management malpractice is to see it,