We can’t go on together with suspicious minds

When times are tough and there’s a lot of uncertainty, people can naturally start to take a bit of a suspicious view of the world, constantly scanning for threats and malfeasance.

Sometimes they exist, of course, and you want to be alert to that and deal with it when it happens.

But if, as a leader, you allow suspicion to become your default, you are not doing yourself, your team or your organisation any favours. Instead, most of the time, start with curiosity. If an open, curious enquiry leads you to identify a threat, that’s good – you can deal with it. But if you always take that negative lens as your starting point you’ll miss opportunities and damage relationships. Ouch.

Here (in the infographic) is my take on the difference between the two. What do you think?

What’s your go-to?

Until next week,

Madeleine

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