The Young Leader Challenge: Dealing with a team member who is a whiner

The workplace of today is not the easiest of places to settle into comfortably. With the daily pulls & pushes from clients & customers, demanding bosses, tight deadlines...the list goes on.

The objective of The Young Leader Challenge is to bring together and share various perspectives around a circumstance/issue that one could face in the workplace.

Case Study

Arun has a team member who is constantly complaining about one thing or the other. Some days, the complaint is about tough deadlines. Some other days, it is some colleague. This team member is always pointing out the negatives. Arun is tired of him and has tried to ignore him. How can he best deal with this whiner?

A. Continue to ignore

B. Strictly tell him to stop complaining

C. Get him shifted to some other team

D. Any other

Let us know your comments (50 words max.) by today.

Please remember to share your full name as part of the answer.

The best answers will be featured in The Economic Times issue dated 16 November, 2012.