The workplace has an optimism crisis. Here’s why that matters—and what to do about it

We are losing one of the most powerful drivers of performance at work, the expression of optimism. That is what I am seeing in 11 years of workplace data. While people still call themselves optimists, they are less likely these days to share that optimism with others. And given that optimism has been linked to a wide range of positive business and health outcomes, that decline matters. Measuring optimism Since 2015, more than 25,000 working professionals have taken the Success Scale, an as...