What are the signs of "toxic positivity" in team management?
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Director Of Information Technology in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago
Letting staff know that things are getting better. Being positive!!!Senior Manager in Consumer Goods2 years ago
When it fails to acknowledge the existence of a problem.When it minimizes a real problem with "feel good" attitude or statements.
The attitude like "It could be worse", or "everything happens for a reason".
Senior Director, Supply Planning, Philips Connected Care in Healthcare and Biotecha year ago
Completely Agree Alfred - for example, when program/projects negotiate to turn 'red' indicators to 'green' to make the program team look better in front of a steering committee. This can lead to surprises when results are ultimately not delivered as expected, and missed opportunity to leverage the power of the steering committee to help solve the problem.
Director of IT in Software2 years ago
Since this question is asking specifically in the context of team management, a sign of toxic positivity is when all managers, during a manager meeting, only provide status updates on projects or tasks that are going well, when there are well known problems or project risks that should be addressed. This prevents senior management from focusing discussion on the areas that really need attention.Director of IT in Manufacturing2 years ago
Saying everything is going to be OK and we are well on our way to success without any real plan to back it up .VP of IT in Software2 years ago
when you are not being transparent or honest with your team. when you are only highlighting positive things (that the team is aware) which are not really positives. Your team will see right through that and you will lose credibility.