There’s the team you lead, and the one you are a member of. There’s your family, maybe you participate in a team sport, and a community group you’re involved in. Everywhere you go you’re a part of a team, in one way or another.

We humans have a strong survival instinct that draws on our ability to spot threats. We react quickly and intensely to warning signs. Negative headlines sell more newspapers, and people gravitate to TV shows that highlight negative behaviors.

Some executives would assert that expressing positive emotions in the workplace denies the harsh realities of 21^st-century business, which is too fast-paced and competitive to dwell on people’s feelings.