From the course: Meeting the Needs of Employees and Driving Business Results
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How we miss out when we don't value people
From the course: Meeting the Needs of Employees and Driving Business Results
How we miss out when we don't value people
- People who don't feel valued at work end up withholding the very things we need most from them. Their talent and commitment. They may have been passed over for a promotion, raise, or bonus. They may have colleagues or supervisors who don't think they're up for a particular task. They feel overlooked and denied opportunities they should be able to compete for in a fair environment. Employees who don't feel valued also feel unsupported. They feel like they're being taken advantage of by the company. They feel overworked, underpaid, and burned out. When all these factors come together and last a while, people begin to feel defeated. Their work loses meaning. They question their potential. They disengage and can even sow seeds of discontent both on their team and across the organization. In our narrative inquiry study, one employee shared his experience of feeling undervalued. As director of his finance department, he built a five-year financial forecast to prepare his entire family of…
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