Monday, January 29, 2018

On respect and humane treatment of your workers

There’s a story about a priest who had a boorish behavior, being the head of his parish he would act as if he was the king and master. He would give unbendable instructions to the head of church organization and he wants it followed to the letter.

His world and instructions were the norms and laws of his parish even if it’s flawed. For the reason of his arrogance and lack of humility the spirit of volunteerism declined. And nobody was willing anymore to give their time to their local church. 

In so many ways a business organization is like a parish church organization. The priest who is the head and leader of the parish church is also like the manager/leader of a business organization. And the volunteer workers of the church are very much like the employees of a business organization.

What differentiates them is those who work for the business organization have a regular salary. However, even if they have regular salaries it doesn’t guarantee that they would work hard and stay longer in the organization. They should also be treated humanely and with respect otherwise they would resign.

Why? This is for the reason that workers are humans they have feelings and emotions.  They value organization and organizational managers/leaders that treats them with respect and dignity. Many business managers and leaders have this mindset that salary only is enough to make an employee work hard and stay in the organization.

But it doesn’t work that way, salary even if it’s big will not make a worker work hard and stay. Humane treatment, respect and the feeling that they are treated as a family would make them work hard and stay longer even forever in your organization. – Marino J. Dasmarinas 

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