loyalty mean anything today?” is how they are being judged, do you think that would affect
morale? Do you think that would play with their spirit? With
this lack of value comes the loss of morale!
What a great question! Doesn’t loyalty mean anything
today? The answer within the walls of many companies is
“NO!” What matters is what a person cost the company. What is affecting morale today?
The Respect that many companies had for those who
treated the company in kind has disappeared. With this
lack of respect comes the loss of morale!
Layers of doubt have crept in. When you put all of
the above together, the result will be people living in doubt.
When your trust, your beliefs, and your faith have been
What is affecting morale today? damaged, the result is the loss of respect for those you
have put your faith and belief in. That means when they
speak, you doubt you are speaking the truth.
All the company cares about is the bottom line;
those who create the bottom line don’t matter. As
I have talked to people, this is one of the most frequently This is one of the most dangerous results in the loss of
stated feelings I’ve heard. But what happens to the human morale. Trust is such a critical part of any relationship.
spirit or morale when a person feels like an identification When it has been damaged, it can’t ever be rebuilt to the
number, rather than a person? How can leadership expect strength it was. Oh, it can be repaired, but the emotional
a person to come to work and give it “their all” when they cracks are still present and visible.
feel they are a cost factor, not an asset that the company
treasures?
Doubt is such a powerful enemy; it puts everything under
the microscope and when it is examined, it is done through
My friend Mort said it this way, “Richard, I am so tired of skepticism, mistrust and the feeling you don’t know if you
feeling unappreciated. I have given this company my heart can believe what you are being told. Doubt is an emotional
and my soul for 18 years, and not they just thrown me thief and when it steals morale, it leaves an empty hole
aside like a piece of garbage. I guess they have forgotten where other negative emotions will take up residency. With
about all those times I went overboard to help them. I’ll this lack of trust comes the loss of morale!
tell you Richard, your statement, Behavior Never Lies, is so
true. They’ve lied through their teeth. They told me how
valuable I am, but then, their behavior says I am only a
What is affecting morale today?
dollar sign. What has happened to this country? How can
they treat people like this?”
Emotions speed up, reactions become the pathway
and things are moving faster than they can be
His question is so important – How can they treat people
managed. Can you see that when this happens, there
like this? The answer is reflective of an attitude of a person
will be emotional collisions? The inability to communicate
being a cost factor, not an asset. When people know that
turns into an emotional war, where people aren’t willing to
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