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Ideas for Encouraging Worker Loyalty and Commitment
Being able to inspire loyalty among subordinates is a very valuable skill for a department manager. Loyal employees tend to be happier, work harder, enjoy interactions with their co-workers, work more efficiently and resign their positions less often. Here are a few ideas to encourage commitment and loyalty:
- Criticize in private, and praise in public,
- Keep your commitments,
- Give your subordinates the benefit of the doubt,
- Provide honest appraisals of performance to subordinates,
- Provide specific examples when providing feedback,
- Correct mistakes as they occur,
- Make sure that performance is evaluated throughout the year - not just as review time approaches,
- Treat everyone with respect,
- Show appreciation for extra effort as well as outstanding performance,
- Avoid favoritism,
- Remembers that rewards and recognition work better than threats and warnings,
- Reward appropriate behavior,
- Develop specific and measurable goals for every person who reports to you,
- Don't criticize senior management or its decisions,
- Never embarrass individuals in front of their co-workers,
- Don't shoot the messenger when it comes to getting bad news.
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