Five Secrets to Gaining Credibility with Your Team for
Outstanding Results
Towers Perrin, the corporate benefits consulting firm, surveyed
over 1000 American workers and found the following:
* Only 51 percent of all workers trust their organizations to
tell the truth in employee communications * Only 48 percent of
all workers with more than five years of tenure believe their
companies are honest in their employee communications * Only 44
percent of all workers over age 50 trust their organizations to
tell them the truth in employee communications
Organizations then wonder why worker productivity decreases,
employee loyalty is at an all time low, and human resource
situations increase. Your employees see everyday, at least in
their eyes, the following:
* Record profits, yet massive layoffs * Hearing how important
they are, yet having their jobs outsourced * Experiencing
changes to their jobs, yet not being asked for their ideas *
Being told how they are doing a great job, yet being yelled at
for mistakes in front of colleagues
No wonder there is tension in the workplace. When I work with
organizations, the following three concerns are the ones usually
express: