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Hell yes. If you don't care about your employees, don't expect them to care about your company.
Couldn’t agree more! Even if you do work remote there needs to be clear boundaries around the time and hours worked each day.
Steven R.
4w
Malicious compliance is rapidly becoming incredibly common and an almost movement or rallying cry unto itself. While many in leadership roles will be quick to place the blame for this shift on the employees, it is the leaders in organizations who need to spend some time looking in the mirror Employees will never care about their company as much as the founder or the c-suite. It is impossible. At its simplest it is because the alignment of incentives is different - whether that's money or impact. They are not you (the owner), otherwise, they'd have started their own company or pursued their own missions Since the creation of the smartphone, or even in some jobs Blackberry before it, employees often feel obligated to take calls and respond to their employers OR their clients at all times. It drives burnout and ultimately has a MASSIVE impact on productivity. When your workday is dictated by notifications and whatever is right in front of you it is impossible to be truly productive Unfortunately, what gets lost here most often are our customers and the people we serve in and through our organizations. We ride the pendulum from edge to edge and rarely take the time to understand the underlying problems that need to be addressed
I’ve had CEOs that would contact me outside of business hours to the point where there was no work life balance. Unless I’m a business partner/owner this is an abusive practice.
Jim Reid
4w
During my 20's, 30's & half my 40's, I worked on job projects 60 to 80 hours/ week, + no overtime pay, which provided promotions & higher wages. Some bosses were workaholics. This was the work ethic. Bosses called me anytime. By 52, as an independent contractor realtor, I worked from home 24/7 for my clients. Deals can go to 2 am. Property sales were usually conducted with clients, after they came home from work + weekends. I adapted to a lifestyle of "My time is client time". My wife had a regular 9 to 5 job, so I was able to be Mr. Mom to 2 new kids- the best job of my life. I made this transition from, "Work to live" to Live to work" in my early 50's. Yes, we may have to be wage-slaves to the depersonalized corporate lifestyles to grow our income strata. But, as we pass through our 40's, the corporations will look for cheaper wage- slaves. By 30, we are mature enough to realize, we are equally intelligent (able to learn), as most everyone else. Thus, we should take as many courses as possible throughout our lives. We must choose how we would LIKE to serve others in the future. My advice: Accept & serve your bosses' wants & needs, but plan ahead because someday sooner than later, we must become self- employed. 😍
Paul Powell
4w
Could be cheaper to hire actors that fill offices and cubes if seeing people is your mission. The best companies and leaders extend trust and are richly rewarded by dedicated and hard working team members.
Companies can’t have it both ways.
This is the Law of Unintended Consequences at work. Happens a lot when you don't think through what you want to do, and what you want to achieve.
Kari Ikonen
4w
What companies sometimes forget, is that street goes both ways.
Author, Keynote Speaker, Leadership Coach
4wOr... if you don't care about your employees, don't expect them to care about YOU. Our brains automatically value person-to-person relationships. When they don't care about you, because you haven't cared about them, they won't work hard for you...then your company suffers. Poor leaders mistake personal life versus professional life to mean no valuable relationships at work. Treat every team member like the valuable employee they are. What goes around comes around.