With these guidelines for communication, youll see powerful results, improved relationships, and increased confidence. Spend 60 minutes with communication guru linda swindling in this brand new ctr audio presentation. Stop complainers and energy drainers validates that complainers are needed because they foster change. Many teams have more than one chronically negative person. Turn constant complainers into productive contributors. Jun 22, 2017 thats why you should make sure to avoid toxic people will only drain your energy and bring you down. Fa stop complainers and energy drainers af linda byars swindling. Stop complainers and energy drainers uses scenarios,engaging questions, and survey results to provide strategies thatcan be. These 6 types of toxic people will drain your energy. Pdf stop workplace drama download full pdf book download.
Energy drainers gives you strategies that work to negotiate with those negative people and. Whiners, complicators, prima donnas, controllers, and toxics. Quite often they find it difficult to tolerate their own company. Aug 02, 2016 pdf stop complainers and energy drainers. Feb 03, 2014 top 5 complainers and energy drainers. In stop complainers and energy drainers, when you change a culture of complainers to one of contributors, you boost morale, increase productivity, and promote effective communication. Anything i cannot transform into something marvelous, i let go. Linda swindling, author of stop complainers and energy drainers, identi. Aug 09, 2016 pdf stop complainers and energy drainers. Its a fast read that you can incorporate into your life immediately.
Its no secret that complainers and energy drainers impact productivity. Every team has at least one person who complains a lot. I accomplish more with deliberate, smart uses of my time. Stop complainers and energy drainers the kevin eikenberry group. All employees every team has at least one person who complains a lot. Marriage and quarantined live truths to remind ourselves of anytime, but especially during a global pandemic. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stop complainers and energy drainers. Stop hoping energy drainers will change on their own. Put an end to energy and timedraining complaining, and turn your team into a group of problemsolving superstars. Energy drainers the number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us is not, say tony schwartz and jim loehr in their book the power of full engagement. Discover how to influence others to accomplish your purpose. Stop complainers and energy drainers fox 5 las vegas, kvvutv do you know why 73% of people. Chronic complainers can kill morale, hurt productivity and drive you nuts. There is a free pdf below with all of this laid out for you if you prefer.
How to negotiate work drama to get more done by linda swindling did you know that 78% of people surveyed said they spent at least 36 hours a week dealing with complainers and energy drainers. May 10, 2015 the first step is to really acknowledge what drains or depletes your energy, and what increases or adds to your energy. Other signs include feelings of extreme sadness, anxiety, or guilt, poor concentration, loss of appetite or overeating, an inability to sleep or to stop sleeping, and suicidal. Thats why ive developed selfdefense strategies to fend them off.
Mar 15, 20 stop complainers and energy drainers is researchdriven and focused on how to identify as well as manage conversations with venters, complainers, whiners, and energy drainers. How to negotiate work drama to get more done kindle edition by swindling, linda byars. Swindlings book shares workplaces experiences, addresses the issues of constant complainers in. Checklist and questions download pdf strategies to turn complainers to contributors. When to negotiate, when to fight stop complainers and energy drainers. In this informationpacked presentation, linda will teach you how to put an end to complaining. Stop complainers and energy drainers is researchdriven and focused on how to identify as well as manage conversations with venters, complainers, whiners, and energy drainers. A person is considered toxic if they perpetually disrespect, abuse, belittle or criticize. In stop complainers and energydrainers, workplace communication expert linda swindling shares herexpertise in negotiating tough situations in the workplace. For a moment i would like you to stop, take a deep breath, and silence the chaos. There seems to be a certain satisfaction in complaining, but as a leader.
New summary available for stop complainers and energy drainers. In stop complainers and energy drainers, workplace communication expert linda swindling shares her expertise in negotiating tough situations in the. Praise for stop complainers and energy drainers linda swindling knows negotiation and how to stop work drama. Here are six types of such personalities that you should absolutely steer clear from. Sep 02, 2010 thats wasted energy, which drains you, says kirshenbaum. Fa stop complainers and energy drainers af linda byars. Even though i am possibly the most positive person i know, some might even say painfully positive, in our lives we all have people or clients or colleagues who can sometimes drain us or create work drama that avoids us getting things done. You may find people like this start to depend upon you to help them make all kinds of relatively simple life decisions.
Stop complainers and energy drainers turn constant complainers into productive contributors. But energy drainers are usually people who are insecure and negative in their everyday life. Rather than keep yourself in the loop 247, turn off gadgets and close out email accounts, checking in at designated times, anywhere. The following are exerts taken from linda swindlings book, stop complainers and energy drainers whiners complain by showing disapproval, venting, or withdrawing whiners are energy drainers and even pouters who create messy, inconvenient work drama.
Stop complainers and energy drainers by linda byars. Sciencebased strategies to harness your best time and get your most important work done time to get things done. Stop complainers and energy drainers wednesday, nov. Aug 03, 2012 humorist jeanne robertson shares with linda swindling how she deals with complainers. Complaining is a disease and the culture of the complainer must be changed to contributors. Constant complainers take up resources, time, and mental bandwidth in the workplace. Take out a piece of paper and divide it up into two columns as shown below. You cant afford to ignore the chronic complainers on your team. Stop complainers and energy drainers by linda byars swindling.
In stop complainers and energy drainers, workplace communication expert linda swindling shares her expertise in negotiating tough situations in the workplace. How to negotiate work drama to get more done 9781118492963. Jul 11, 20 the purpose of stop complainers and energy drainers is to teach people how to spot a complainer and fix the problem quickly. Ignoring them or asking high performers to be patient are not longterm solutions. When you change a culture of complainers to one of contributors, you boost morale, increase productivity, and promote effective communication. Victims of emotional vampires sometimes develop unhealthy behaviors and symptoms, such as overeating, isolating, mood swings, or feeling fatigued, when theyve been in prolonged contact with these energy drainers. Recently i read, stop complainers and energy drainers by linda swindling. Energy loss and chronic fatigue are common symptoms of depression, a condition that may be characterized by poor sleep, hormonal changes, or tension, says dr. Jan 30, 2014 in 20, i connected with linda swindling who wrote a book entitled, stop complainers and energy drainers. Stop complainers and energy drainers pdf free download. Stop complainers and energy drainers leadership principles. Mar 25, 2015 in the survey for my last book, stop complainers and energy drainers, we identified the top three energy drains during the work day. So whether those people are selfappointed devils advocates who point out flaws for the sake of the group or employees who basically just whine about everything, the constant negativity. Complainers and energy drainers in the workplace can have strong negative effects on a company through lost work, loss of good employees due to an unhealthy work environment, and damage to a companys reputation.
Types of complaining drawn from linda swindlings book, stop complainers and energy drainers. Stop complainers and energy drainers national library board. Linda swindling, author of stop complainers and energy drainers, identifies five types of complaining bosses and. Linda swindling, jd, csp remarkable learning target audience. These 6 types of toxic people will drain your energy goalcast. Mar 25, 2014 stop hoping energy drainers will change on their own. New cpod teleseminar stop complainers and energy drainers. Marilyn stewart manager, supplier diversity, alcatellucent like most organizations, our organizations success rests on the people who represent it. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.