Your Employees Need Their Say, Not Their Way

Early on in life, we learned that we don’t always get our way.We understand this concept even though we may not always like it.

Conversely, we’ll never outgrow the desire to have our say.

Why?

To be heard is an innate human need.

It is so much harder to support decisions that are made for us, than it is to support decisions that are made with us.

Creating a culture in which the voices of your employees have a safe place to be expressed promotes confidence, builds trust, fosters problem solving, and drives innovation.

When you invite your employees to contribute to the conversation, ultimately they are more willing to commit to ideas and initiatives… even the ones that are not their own.

Listening is a form of respect. It fosters buy-in. 

Buy-in is not something that magically happens on the back end. It needs to be cultivated on the front end.

You can’t ensure that your employees will always get their way; you can however, ensure that they will always have their say.