Are You the Reason Your Employees are Underperforming or Quitting?

With the country slowly reopening, businesses are seeing landmark shifts in the labor pool. From people refusing to return to work (opting to stay home and collect stimulus checks) to people refusing to terminate their remote work arrangements, businesses are scrambling a bit to properly staff up for the expected resurgence.

But you looked in the mirror? Is it possible that you’re having difficulty finding and/or keep employees because of something you said or did? The answer is quite possibly.

As noted by Forbes, the one trait all the most inspirational and motivational leaders have in common is empathy. Citiing a Workplace Empathy report produced by Businessolver, “83% of American workers would consider leaving their current organization for a similar role at a more empathetic company, and 74% would work longer hours for a compassionate employer.”

How empathic are you?

If you can build trust with your employees, embrace their personal goals and give them a sense of empowerment., you will create an environment where they can grow, personally and professionally, and become devoted and highly productive employees. Sort of a pay it forward kind of environment and, best of all, it costs nothing to do this.

Yes, not all employees with respond positively. Yes, some might try to take advantage of the situation. But I would argue that these are the exceptions to the rules. The benefits will outweigh the disadvantages in the long run.

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