Civility and Respect towards Employees

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Research on Civility by Christine Porath revealed that the 20,000 respondents (employees from all over the world) ranked "respect" as the most important leadership behavior. However these same 20,000 respondents also report disrespectful and uncivil behavior is increasing each year! Porath's quite current book in these times of President Trump shows what incivility is costing organizations in an entertaining mix of statistical data and anecdotal evidence about the cost and reward to incivil and civil behavior. While some of the civility strategies discussed in the book could be considered somewhat basic (Say please and thank you, Don't interrupt, Share credit, Ask questions rather than barking orders), a surprising amount of leaders, managers, and organizations don't always practice them 😉. According to Kristy Rogers, the main reason for this remarkable disconnect” between the importance and current practice of respect is that some managers could be unaware o (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Respect in Organizations KOEHL Maryse, Professor, France, Member
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		Owed Respect in Recogntion of Potential srinivas, Lecturer, India, Member
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		Don't we Expect This Universally? Ivan Kohlinsky, Management Consultant, United Kingdom, Member
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		What Causes the Lack of Civility/Respect? Steven Cooke
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		Civility and Respect Towards Employees Graham Williams, Management Consultant, South Africa, Premium Member
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		Respect in Times of Radical Change Riphagen, Financial Consultant, Netherlands, Member
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		Owed Respect versus Earned Respect Emmanuel Rasesia, Teacher, Botswana, Member
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		Respect Towards Employees is not a Means to an End Graham Williams, Management Consultant, South Africa, Premium Member
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		The Importance of Respect in Organizations and Society Bernhard Keim, Business Consultant, Germany, Premium Member
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		Sincerity / Respect is not a Method Steven Cooke
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		Is Respect Innate or Acquired? Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
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		Acquiring Respectability Steven Cooke
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		Recognition Shows Respect Maurice Hogarth, Consultant, United Kingdom, Premium Member
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		New Operating Norm Bill Boynton, Teacher, United States, Member
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		Respect is Earned not Owed Maurice Hogarth, Consultant, United Kingdom, Premium Member
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		Civilization and Honor Steven Cooke
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		Civility and Respect Towards Employees Graham Williams, Management Consultant, South Africa, Premium Member
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		Respect Dissed Maurice Hogarth, Consultant, United Kingdom, Premium Member
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