How to Develop Respect in the Workplace
According to business credit consultant David Balovich, "People don't leave companies, they leave managers." Good managers show respect to others and require the same from the employees they supervise while bad managers demean themselves and their workers and allow disrespectful behavior to continue without correction. Even successful companies may lose workers if managers allow a disrespectful environment to grow. Respect in the workplace is essential to securing productive and loyal workers and to ensuring a productive working atmosphere.
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Pull aside workers who engage in disrespectful behaviors, such as disrupting others' work, arriving late to work or meetings, making rude comments, gossiping and performing less work while taking credit for others' accomplishments. Explain that their behavior is unacceptable and that they must act more in line with the company's culture.
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Clarify the company's expectations for behavior and performance and follow through with discipline for those individuals who do not live up to these expectations. Terminate workers who have received several warnings but continue to disrupt the company's work atmosphere. Conversely, praise workers who improve their attitudes and performance.
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Make yourself an example to others, regardless of your rank within the company. Follow the company's guidelines for behavior and performance. Accept blame when you make a mistake. Be social but avoid gossip and talking behind someone's back.
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Listen to all ideas, even those you consider incorrect, and thank the creators of those ideas for their contributions. Allow workers to voice their professional opinions among themselves to assure them that their ideas are valid. Take all accusations of harassment or disrespectful behavior seriously.
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