Your Team Has Stopped Bringing You Their Best Ideas

You might not have noticed.

But they have.

In my last two posts, I discussed two of the most dangerous diseases:

Complacentia -Post | LinkedIn and Victimitis -Post | LinkedIn.

Here is another equally dangerous one – Pessimism. I call it Pessimia.

When a leader carries Pessimia - Contagious Negative Outlook Disorder, the team feels it before the leader does.

When Teams Start Withdrawing

They stop pitching bold ideas.

They start pre-editing their enthusiasm.

They show up… but not fully.

Because somewhere along the way, they learned:

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 him or 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

The truth is that pessimism is airborne.

It doesn’t need a memo. It doesn’t need a meeting.

It lives in your sighs. Your “yeah, but…”

Your reaction when someone brings a new idea.

Leaders set the temperature.

What atmosphere are you creating?

In my experience of coaching leaders through this:

I found that most pessimists aren’t negative per se. They’re unprocessed realists who never got permission to hope out loud.

The cure is Intentional Optimism.

Try the 3G practice every morning:

Same strength. New direction.

From scanning for danger to scanning for possibility.

Curious which attitude disease is affecting YOUR leadership?

Book a free Discovery Call and start leading with intention.

Remember, you can’t build a positive culture with a pessimistic attitude.

BISOLA MOGAJI