{"id":16928,"date":"2023-06-07T10:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/?p=16928"},"modified":"2024-04-01T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:24:48","slug":"leaders-need-to-address-bad-employee-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/leaders-need-to-address-bad-employee-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Need to Address Bad Employee Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corporate leaders and managers have plenty to focus on, but negative workplace behavioral issues <\/strong>may be the most critical issue to address. Successfully navigating this challenge means giving leaders the support, training, and guidance they need.<\/p>\n

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What issues are we seeing?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

According to the Society for Human Resource Management, negative workplace behavioral issues can cause issues for employees and companies, like gossiping, displaying incivility and insolence, bullying, and insubordination.<\/p>\n

Disruptive behavior can negatively affect and disengage employees. When other employees are near these types of behavior, they can mirror it. For example, they might avoid work and call in sick more regularly. If they think management will allow this behavior to continue, they\u2019ll continue to disengage, their productivity will slow down, and they may even leave the company.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s critical for leaders to prevent this issue, but this is easier said than done. There are challenges in addressing workplace behavior. For one thing, doing so is uncomfortable. It\u2019s not like when someone violates a direct rule because then all they have to do is point to a handbook or policy to back up the corrective action.<\/p>\n

Addressing a bad attitude, a micro-aggression, or someone rolling their eyes at a co-worker isn\u2019t as direct of an issue. Also, incidents like these are often overlooked or brushed off as an employee having a bad day. Managers might tell themselves, \u201cOh, that wasn\u2019t that bad.\u201d It is that bad because allowing negative behaviors to continue will create a toxic culture.<\/p>\n

So how can you determine the effects of negative workplace behavior on your business and whether it\u2019s a significant problem?<\/p>\n

A good first step is to use whatever metrics are available to your business and analyze any trends. Say you hire a new employee for a specific team, and that team has an unexpected increase in turnover. They may also see a decrease in their job satisfaction survey scores. At that point, dig deeper and see whether you can trace the cause back to the new hire\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n

Keep a lookout for changes in other metrics, like:<\/p>\n