For those "leaders" who don't have those three things, promises will never mean a thing to employee's. You've probably heard of "the boy who cried wolf"? The more lies he told, the more no one believed him, until it was too late. Same thing with leaders. If you're not honest and carry through with your promises to your employee's, you're just blowing smoke. It's an easy way to lose respect . . . but it's hard to get it back.
I try not to get into politics, but this timely and is just a great example (and no I'm not going to debate it). I saw a graph today on how many people have lost their current insurance due to the Affordable Care Act - millions. This was after the country was told, by the President, that if people were happy with their insurance they could keep it. As I began writing this blog post I got a CNN tweet headlined, "Obama apologizes for some people losing health coverage despite his promise". What do you think that apology means to those millions of people? Nothing. Nothing but lost trust.
It doesn't matter who you are or where you land on the totem pole - bottom or top - a promise is a promise. And people - employees - WILL remember when you break those promises. It's kind of like the silent customer. If you give bad service, they may not say anything to you. But they will tell others who you won't see and not return themselves.
A promise IS a promise. Make it so.
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