GREAT EMPLOYERS

2006 1:20am(PDT)
Subject: A Must for Employers

A Must for Employers!
  It is an undeniable fact that one major factor why employees leave a
particular company is due to its employer or its top management.
Perhaps, if all companies would have these 3 traits—this may somehow lessen
the quick turnovers and would see employees sticking it out for the
organization’s growth.
  1. Be Loving and Giving.
  A business owner certainly needs to be like this. Do not ever treat
your employees like robots. They are human beings too with strengths and
weaknesses. In fact, if computers do get to hang at times—your
employees also have the tendencies.
  It’s just right that I get my money’s worth—I’m paying them. Would
that be the one valid reason to justify your being a slave driver? Never
forget that you are also human and your true essence is to love. Just
like in any romance novel, love is defined as something that knows no
boundaries and transcends time and space. When you decide to love—you’d
be giving too. Ask yourself, "Am I giving my employees the commensurate
salary for the mileage of work I demand from them?"
  2. Consider to being Considerate.
  You might have noticed the frequent ‘coming-in lates’ of your
employee and it directly affects your productivity and profitability. Yes,
there may be company policies to discipline them for offenses they have
committed, but have you asked yourself when was the last time you’ve
reached out to your employees?
  As a boss, it is never degrading to go down from your pedestal and
talk to your employee(s). In a dialogue, you may discover things that
need your immediate action and consideration. It might be that he or she
is allowing his or her personal problems get in the way of his or her
job—it’s not an excuse. It is also your responsibility to guide them.
Never separate the fact that work and personal issues still go hand in
hand, so why not go out of your way and show your employee(s) that you are
concerned and is always willing to extend a helping hand.
  3. Are You Sensitive?
  I don’t mean that you easily cry over a victim story. If you get
carried away sometimes with movies created by the imaginative works of
writers, then why can’t you be human enough to understand the feelings of
your employee(s)? Not all day’s in a week or in a month’s time they are
okay, either you or one of your employees would just simply blow
it—don’t just plunge into the situation and worsen it. Let it cool down. When
you’re giving and loving—it won’t be close to impossible that you’d be
sensitive. Sensitivity is putting oneself in their shoes.
  These three may sound basic and corny, but I am sure if you’d give it
a try—it will create positive results in your life and in your work as
well. Actually, it’s like learning, un-learning and re-learning. Dick
Leatherman once said, "If I don’t know that I don’t know, how am I going
to learn what I need to learn?

  Russelle S. Trinidad