How To Deal With Energy Vampires
Some people, by their very presence, seem to drain the energy of those people around them. They will often associate with a victim who exhibits the classic signs of this drain. Most of these energy vampires are well-meaning people. They are an unhappy lot and do their damage by draining the positive energy out of the people around them.
The best way to deal with energy vampires in your organization is at the culture level where you set the expectation that people who drain the energy of others will not be tolerated. Mark Richt, the head football coach of the University of Georgia, did this with his football team last year. He had all his players read the book The Energy Bus and had an artist draw a huge picture of an energy vampire on the wall of their team meeting room. Any time a player was being an energy vampire they put the player’s picture on the wall. No one wanted to be on the wall. In essence,
Coach Richt was telling his team that we will not allow negativity to sabotage our team and goals. Leaders/managers/coaches/principals must create a positive environment where their people can do their best work without being affected by an energy vampire.
—Adapted from jongordon.com
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