Do you want to strengthen the commitment of your lazy subordinates?
There are managers who complain that they don’t have a committed workforce. This is actually a very valid observation there are really workers who exert half-hearted effort towards their work.
What is the cause of this? Is this an attitude problem? Is this attributable to the inherent laziness of certain worker? This can be both an attitude problem and inherent laziness of some employees. However, when employees accept an employment offer.
It simply means that they commit themselves to follow the discipline and culture of the organization that they would be working for. If they agree to work for an organization why are they still lazy and why are they still less committed?
We can somehow trace this indifferent attitude to their managers. A manager who is lazy and lacking in commitment would breed the same kind of subordinates. Therefore the key in changing the attitude of these workers lies in the hands of the manager himself. If he wants his subordinates to change then he must first change and lead the way.
From being lazy and half-hearted the manager would now become very hard-working and committed. If we apply the principle of leadership by example it is expected that the subordinates will now become very hard working and committed also.
Managers sometimes look very far for the solution to their subordinates
behavioral problems especially laziness and lack of commitment. Not knowing
that they are actually part of the problem and certainly would also become part
of the solution provided they change their negative attitudes/behaviors. -
Marino J. Dasmarinas
