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To Earn Respect You Must First Give Respect
Periodically, as leaders, we are quick to demand the respect of others yet fail to show respect in return. Respect is not something you demand; otherwise it really isn't respect, but fear. Respect is something people provide in return of the respect they have received. It is very magnetic.
All people desire to be respected. Regardless of the position one may hold in your organization, treat everyone with the utmost respect and gratitude. Apply the law of the first, which says, "What you do first determines how others will respond."
Showing respect towards others reveals a great deal about your character. It reveals that you are a person of dignity and self-respect, for you cannot give something you do not possess. Being respectful of your employees shows that you place great value on them as a person and therefore, in most cases, you receive their best in return.
If you want to raise team morale, develop positive employees, or produce hard-working people, you must first master the art of respect.
Here are four simple ways you can begin immediately
to respect your employees or subordinates.
1. Be sincerely interested in them as a person.
Never make people feel as if they are some number or property of the organization. Learn about what they like to do outside of the four walls of the organization. Make them feel as though you care about their lives, not just about numbers and bottom line figures. Sincerely care about how they are doing.
2. Listen to them.
One of the greatest ways you can respect someone is to intently listen to what they have to say. Whenever you ask one of your employees how they are doing, take a moment and listen to them. Refuse to speak to your subordinates while briskly walking past, but listen to them as attentively as you would want someone to listen to you.
3. Treat them the way you want to be treated.
Apply the golden rule. However you would want to be treated, if you were in their shoes, treat them accordingly. Just a simple smile can go a long way. Life is in the details!
4. Always address them by their name.
The greatest word anyone could ever hear is the sound of his own name. Learn each and every name of the people who work for you. Every time you see them, address them by their name. If you do, they will feel respected and greatly valued. When you have people like that working for you, there is no limit to what they can do.
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