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<\/p>\nDo your employees trust you?<\/p>\n
It may seem a minor detail if you\u2019re part of a busy concern and profits are steady. But you don\u2019t only have a humanitarian responsibility to ensure your team members feel stable and fulfilled: you have an opportunity to boost the value of your business. Because a company where the regular employees trust the management is one that can expect full commitment from its workers. And that means they\u2019ll go beyond achieving the bare minimum for you.<\/p>\n
So how does a business leader or HR manager go about cultivating trust in their team?<\/p>\n
The first step is to be open. An \u2018us and them\u2019 mentality can only result in divided efforts. Ensure instead that your management and middle-management are open about your company\u2019s business goals and strategies.<\/p>\n
Have transparent, two-sided conversations with your staff about stuff like salaries, prospects, and expectations. We no longer live in the era of the distant oligarch: today\u2019s management should see, and treat, their employees as teammates, not subordinates.<\/p>\n
And building trust isn\u2019t all about workplace strategy. It\u2019s also about being an open and friendly human being. Holding social events and teambuilding exercises can help your employees to discover the human that dwells beneath your professional fa\u00e7ade \u2013 and for you to discover them. Social exercises like this can actually boost hormone levels which results in an impulse for \u2018collective action.\u2019<\/p>\n
To win your team around, try following these ten steps from our friends at The Business Backer to build trust in the workplace. And then share the guide with the rest of your management team so they can learn to open up, too!<\/p>\n
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Do your employees trust you? It may seem a minor detail if you\u2019re part of a busy concern and profits are steady. But you don\u2019t only have a humanitarian responsibility to ensure your team members feel stable and fulfilled: you have an opportunity to boost the value of your business. Because a company where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139,107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n