ColoradoBIZ Magazine: I’m always amazed at how many leaders expect people to work against their own self-interest. Some examples: Pitch in on an extra project for no possible reward. Sell new accounts when being paid handsomely for existing revenue. Show initiative when constantly second-guessed. Care about the company’s financial performance when treated like a mule and sharing no gain.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
You want loyalty?
ColoradoBIZ Magazine: I’m always amazed at how many leaders expect people to work against their own self-interest. Some examples: Pitch in on an extra project for no possible reward. Sell new accounts when being paid handsomely for existing revenue. Show initiative when constantly second-guessed. Care about the company’s financial performance when treated like a mule and sharing no gain.
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Of course loyalty is a give and take relationship, this is true of any sort of loyalty particularly that of an employee to their company. Loyalty is created and perpetuated by trust that loyalty will pay off. If an employee puts in extra work, they are expecting some sort of extra reward. That reward could be anything from personal gratification (in the case of working for a cause they believe in) to compensation in the form of extra pay or holiday time. No competent person will continue to go the extra mile for their employer if there is no reward for doing so. It is not disloyal to expect extra rewards for extra work, rather, it is common sense. Any employee stupid enough to work for unequal compensation is not worth having in the first place.
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