A poll in the news recently was taken among employees of various industries and it said that 80% of employees would rather work in a healthy and positive work environment rather than receiving a higher paying salary. WOW! That's heavy!! But ask the same number of managers if they know whether or not they have the ability to set the work environment BEFORE coming into the office and the percentage above will rise exponentially.

A manager must keep in mind that their power expends beyond the 4 walls of their organization. What do I mean, you may ask? See, when an employee wakes up in the morning on a workday, two things cross his mind. One, what he has to do that day, two, who he has to deal with. Most often, the mood of the manager from the day before resonates in the mind of an employee when he thinks about his work day in the morning. If the manager left that day, being a tyrannical and impersonal manager, then guess what he's expecting the following workday? That's right a tyrannical and impersonal manager.

To date, managers rarely bring these thoughts and concerns into the conscious part of their mind. Instead, most managers don't even take the time to think about the environment they are setting up through negative thoughts and actions that aren't even said with the mouth. So, how can managers initiate a positive work environment through the creative process? First, let’s discuss the creative process.

The creative process is: thoughts -- words -- desires -- actions -- results. In other words, thoughts become words, words become desires, desires become actions, actions become results. By understanding this process, you can now see that managers have the ability to create the positive work environment they desire. So this is how you do it:

First, each day a manager must set aside time for mental management before he goes in to work. In other words, he must gather his thoughts by creating a clear mental image of how he wants the day and the work environment to be. This can be done by rising up 20 minutes earlier, getting into a quiet place, and meditating on the daily activities and the people whom he has to deal with, while at the same time, seeing his actions towards those objects. This process immediately initiates the mood setting and evokes right-brain thinking for problem solving.

Second, the manager must say, aloud, how he wants his day to be. In other words, he simply transforms his thoughts into words. Example, “This day will be exactly the way I planned it in my mind, I will have no problems with employees, all our assignments will be done on time, all of the project tasks will get done, and I will have a positive day all day today, therefore making myself more approachable to my employees.”

Third, the manager must make sure that he sincerely desires the thoughts in his head and the words that came out of his mouth. Anything else contrary to the thoughts and words the manager expresses will surely bring the opposite of what was said. This notion is culminated by the Law of Attraction, which surely brings your thoughts and desires to you.

Fourth, the manager’s desires must be expressed through his actions. The manager must act in a certain way that aligns his positive thoughts and words with positive actions. This means that the manager must willfully, key word here, act in a positive manner, whether or not negative circumstances present themselves. Of course, this is easier said than done, but this can be done through constant practice of using the creative process to create a positive work environment.

Last, but not least, the manager must be in expectation that he will have the desired results from what he thought and said at the beginning of the day. The results will be in definite proportion to the clear mental image produced from the thoughts and words of the manager.

Practice the above written statements and you will surely see that creating a positive work environment is as close to you as your thoughts. The creative process will surely manifest what ever you desire, whether positive or negative. The good thing about this is that everyone already practices this process. However, most managers, I would say 97%, do not understand this process well enough to bring it to conscious thought which in turn will create a positive, healthy work environment.



Granison Shines is the leading expert in teaching Executive Managers and their management teams on the power of using Universal Principles, or Universal Laws, in the workplace to increase employee productivity and performance. As a 13+ year veteran manager in the high-tech industry, Granison successfully managed a team of Inside and Outside Sales Representatives, Project Managers, Product Marketing Managers, and Field Application Engineers. He used his knowledge of management principles to grow a struggling division to the top performing division within the whole region. To find out more about Granison and his teachings please visit www.GranisonShines.com .