There must be mutual respect between a manager/supervisor and the people that report to them. You must respect your people's skills, experience, knowledge, intelligence and the work effort that they give on a daily basis.
People are an organization's most valuable asset, an asset to be treasured; as I stated in a prior article, " you take care of your people, your people will take care of your product.
Respect is something that you have to earn. Many times the position that you are in demands respect because of what it represents for the organization, however, you, the person in that position do not automatically get that respect, you have to earn it. Although it is a positive if the people who report to you also like you, having the people's respect is much more important to your success and to the success of the organization.
Mutual respect leads to "Trust". What is Trust ? Trust equals history, credibility and consistency, i.e., you have history with a person over a long period of time, you have proved to be credible with that person and you have been consistent in your behavior with that person. That is when mutual respect leads to trust; you have to show that you are trustworthy before you can be trusted.
Show the people who reports to you that you trust them to do their jobs!!
Howard W. Lewis,
Labor Relations Consultant
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