StudyinAustralia.com » » Is Your Staff Your Most Important Resource? http://www.studyinaustralia.com Study, Live and Work in Australia Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:16:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is Your Staff Your Most Important Resource? http://www.studyinaustralia.com/is-your-staff-your-most-important-resource/ http://www.studyinaustralia.com/is-your-staff-your-most-important-resource/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 01:00:24 +0000 Admin http://www.studyinaustralia.com/?p=349 To be perfectly blunt, almost all businesses give lip service to the idea that their staff is their most important resource. But when you look at the actual way that employees are regarded and examine the budgets and time devoted to staff training and development, the facts tell another story. For too many businesses, the people who work for the business are treated with little regard or respect. In many cases, while the Human Resource Department goes to great lengths to create an impression that the business values the employees, the corporate culture between management and staff is often one of contempt and disrespect.

This kind of corporate setting is tremendously unhealthy for the organization. To change your viewpoint of staff value so you esteem the people in your employ sometimes takes an effort. But psychologists tell us that people treat with respect people who treat them respectfully. So if you want your employees to be loyal to the company, respectful of their management and devoted to the cause of the business, give them your loyalty, respect and devotion and it will come back to you with interest.

They Are Your Hands and Feet

To get a better appreciation for the value of the staff that works for you, try for a few minutes to imagine what it would be like if they were not there for you. Now, hopefully your relationship with the people that work for you is cordial and friendly and they are not likely to walk out on you. But by trying to get your arms around what it would be like if they were not there to take care of so much of the work of your business, you will gain a new appreciation for what they do for you and your business on a daily basis.

The thing we do with the people who work for us is also a sin we commit with our family relationships too often. We take them for granted. When you assume your staff is happy and that you don

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