Give a little (or a lot of) respect

Give a little (or a lot of) respect
Leaders should schedule a time every day to walk through the business and talk to employees. (Image: Getty)
Shane Green
I’ve been looking at a 2021 study from MIT Sloan School of Management, which evaluated more than 1.4 million reviews from around the world on Glassdoor, a US website where current and former employees anonymously review companies.It worked out the top 10 things your corporate culture needs to get right.The research clearly showed respect was the most important factor – and nearly twice as important as the second-most-predictive factor: a supportive leader. This aligns with research done by social media polling company Stickybea...

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