Organizational and Individual Morale Good morale is more than a picnic

摘要

Over the past 30 years, I have ridden a morale roller coaster within several organizations. Morale is very situational and can be one of an organizations biggest assets, or it can be the liability that never goes away. Individual morale and organizational morale are separate but very much interconnected. There are some people who have terrible morale all the time; this is part of their DNA. The sky is always falling, the end is near, and we are all doomed. Often, their emotional state is not related to any particular situation—they are just miserable people. Unfortunately, they are also very vocal and elicit an almost automatic sympathetic response of agreement from the rest of us. It is often natural and easy to jump on board with this emotional vampire, and pretty soon you find yourself seeing who can outdoom the other. There isn't much you can do about these persuasive members, so do yourself a favor and don't hire them in the first place.