Delmonte's Relationship With Employees

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As managers it is important to connect with your employees on a personal level. “A growing body of research suggests that the way to influence and to lead is to begin with warmth. Warmth is the conduit of influence.” By connecting to your employees, you are showing that you care about them, value their contributions and understand the point of view. Employees who feel appreciated in the workplace works harder. Unappreciated employees could be more costly for the organization because they tend to leave. The disadvantages of losing an employee are the cost of hiring a new employee which includes the cost of advertising, interviewing, screening, hiring and training. Also, appreciated employees are easier to influence. Therefore, it is important …show more content…

In the workplace a strong relationship between an employee and its employer results in a successful organization. It will increase the employees’ motivation, they will be more productive, more efficient and more loyal. Chief Delmonte stated that employees of this generation doesn’t want to work more than forty hours a week. Personally, I think this issue is a result of a weak relationship between employees and managers. Usually if an employee isn’t being appreciated, he will not go out of his way for the organization. Therefore, it is essential to build relationships with your employees. You will know them better and it will facilitate how to communicate to …show more content…

To write a successful a business message, you need to adapt to your audience and to be sensitive to their needs. “You can improve your audience sensitivity by adopting the “you” attitude. The “you” attitude is to speak and to write in terms of the audience’s wishes, interests, hopes and preferences.” The “you” attitude is about delivering a negative message in a positive way; the purpose is not to offend or hurt anyone with our words. The “you” attitude can be achieved by replacing the following pronouns I, me, mine, us, and ours with you and yours. Although, sometimes it is best to avoid the pronoun you. It is our responsibility to determine when to us it and when not to. People will respond positively when you show you are concern about them. By adopting the “you” attitude, you are building a positive relationship between you and the receiver. In addition, we need to use bias-free language, people are sensitive it is our job to not say something to offend them. Always avoid gender, racial, ethnic, age and disability bias

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