There are times when you will hear about how employers or bosses deal with their employees or their subordinates, you will be surprised at how their humanity has been affected a lot. First of all, you should understand that you will not be able to run your organization alone and that is why you need them in the first place. Then it is demanded that you treat them well because what you do to them may have a direct impact on your organization.
I read a story of a particular CEO that was not treating his employees very well and was always mean to them. He had the mentality that there are many people that would gladly take the position if anyone does not want to continue working for him. He hardly increased their salaries and no allowance at all. It was not surprising that his organization was almost stagnant with the same yearly turnover.
Of course, the minds of the employees were not dedicated to the job and they were not piqued to go extra mile for his organization. When he conferred with one of his friends that has similar business why his own was booming and when they got discussing, he found out that he was the cause. He then decided to take a new leaf and he started by increasing the salaries of his workers and before he knew it, the level of dedication among his workers increased and it impacted positively on his organization. No wonder this popular funny quote has it that:
If you pay your employees peanut cash, then be ready to get a monkey result.
It does not make you any less of a CEO when you treat your employees well. Most times, this is caused by over-inflated ego. Just to let you know; one way to check if you are proud or not is to look at how you relate with your subordinates and not your superordinates. Someone that treats others who are higher in the echelon of power with decency but treats his subordinates or with cruelty is not nice at all.
It is worthy to note that whatever you do to your workers is the same thing that they will do to your organization. If you want them to take their jobs with commitment and to do well to your organization, then you have to do well to them. Remember this very popular saying as culled from the holy book:
What you sow, you reap.
When you consider the future of your organization, you will realize that dealing with your employees is like a seed you sow and like an investment that you make. You do not have to be harsh to your employees to get them to work well, you can do something to motivate them (maybe placing a tip for the person that finishes on time, etc) and you will still get the result you seek.
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