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NEVER PUSH LOYAL EMPLOYEES TO THE POINT

WHERE THEY NO LONGER CARE!

sycophants were appreciated, while “ Leaders who don’t listen will
Authored by@Brigette Hyacinth realists were punished. They built a eventually be surrounded by people who
culture of “yes employees.” I knew I have nothing to say.” -Andy Stanley
had so much to offer, yet I couldn’t. It
My new boss told me to was time to plan my exit strategy. Employees who have been pushed
never be afraid to give Your front-line employees know your to the point where they no longer
feedback. The next Monday customers best; they interact with care, will not go the extra mile. They
morning in a meeting, I them daily. They have the answers on will not take the initiative to solve
happily shared my viewpoint on a new how to improve customer service and problems. They will end up treating
policy. Thereafter, I noticed my boss’s your products. They use your internal customers the same way you treat
disposition towards me changed. He tools and systems every day. They them. Employees are the heart beat of
stopped talking to me. I was shunned. I have the solutions on how to improve the company. And if the heart stops
even felt the effects of this in my systems which can save money by beating...What will happen?
monthly performance appraisal, where driving efficiencies. A company that As a leader, your job is to encourage
he noted, I was not supportive of the doesn’t listen to their employees is on a others around you to be open and
organization, and I needed to be a slow rolling disaster. honest without a negative consequence.
better team player. The picture was When employees offer their ideas
quite clear - truthful feedback was not If you keep treating employees poorly, and differing opinions - be open-
appreciated. you will never earn their loyalty. And minded. Companies that remain
once employees decide they have had strong in this competitive market,
Heather, a co-worker approached enough, they will leave in spite of what understand the need to embrace change
me and said, “You are new, honest you may try to retain them. It would be and continuous improvement. And it
feedback is just lip service, don’t fall a little too late. The signs where there starts with making your employees feel
for it.” I quickly learned loyalists and early on but you ignored it. heard, valued and appreciated.

CAMPUS PLACEMENT DAIRY - 1

Business head and Executive Director before he
Written@Dr. Srinivas Chunduru ventured out on an adventure of entrepreneurship and
writing this post after 23 years of the incident!

A leading company went for campus A lot of colleagues, friends and well wishers have asked
placement. A team of 4 , hurried into pre me the ''secret'' sauce for the campus recruitment. Here
placement talk and said “we are short of time are the ingredients of the sauce!
for a PPT” and hence, would want to know
from you as to what is that you know about our 1) 20 by 200 - Reading 20 page a day for 200 days a
company? year
2) Annual reports as a way of life
A student from the middle row got up and said “your 3) Summer project is the key pillar especially for the
group consists of X companies, Revenue is Y, Major freshers.
acquisitions are Z, top management consists of W” 4) Know your story
(spoke for 6-7 mins). 5) Do as many real live projects
6) Research about the company
The student was selected by the company and he
worked in that company for about 2 decades and held The preparation for placements does not start just
key positions like Group CHRO, Chief Strategy officer, before interview but from day 1.

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