Never push a loyal person to the point where they walk away

Having faithful employees is the dream of every employer. An enterprise’s growth is directly related to the loyalty of its workers, and vice versa. A corporation’s biggest asset is indeed not its money, but its employees!

The key to keeping faithful employees around is respect. To put it simply, its about showing genuine care and affirmation when its deserved. When someone is appreciated as a human being and not just a machine at work, they develop a sense of belonging. Respect your employees’ feelings, thoughts, and choices—and that will win you their respect.

Many leaders don’t understand this. More often than not, they care about their own gains more than anything. To them, the team is just profit-churning machines. The only time many bosses care about their staff is to look at how much more money they can make out of them. As their profit margins increase, however, they lose the love of their employees. Eventually you turn even the most loyal followers away.

What are employees looking for? More than money, they want a sense of belonging and accomplishment—and the best way to offer that is by offering care, encouragement, and a listening ear.

When employees contribute to the company, we should offer them fair compensation. Make them feel like their hard work is paying off—that way, you not only encourage hard workers, you also set a standard for others. Employees are after all, seeking fair returns for their effort. If everyone is getting the same amount of reward regardless of how much effort they’ve invested, then why would anyone care to work harder than others?

Enterprises are like ships. The leader is the captain, and the staff are the sailors. We are all on the same boat, heading the same direction. It’s precisely because the storm ahead is strong, and the journey is long that we need to pick out the most loyal and fearless employees to steer the ship in the right way. This is the moment to stick together, and in one spirit, lead the ship to farther, wider oceans.

拥有忠心耿耿的亲信是每一个老板最梦寐以求的事情，下属的忠诚与企业的发展息息相关，这是双关的关系，因为一家企业最大资产不是金钱而是员工！

要留住忠心的员工，最离不开的就是“尊重”二字，尊重，简单来说，就是对员工的关怀，以及心理上的肯定感。一个被肯定丶被当做有血有肉的“人”，而不是一个单纯的劳动力来看待的员工，才会产生真正的归属感。尊重他们的感受，尊重他们的想法，尊重他们的选择，最终是为你赢得尊重。

许多作为领导的人不懂什麽叫尊重，很多时候，他们最在乎的就是自己的利益，在他们看来，下属充其量就是一台劳动的机器，每天鞭策下属最多的就是如何能为公司或组织赚进盈利，但却忽略了，当你的荷包日益丰满，下属对你的信心却日益渐薄，最後，你亲手将最忠心的人推开。

那麽员下属最需要什麽？除了金钱，最重要的是归属感以及成就感，这两种感受如何获得？除了金钱奖励之外，就是老板的关心丶勉励以及聆听。

员工为公司做出贡献后，我们必须给予适当的奖励，让他们感觉自己的付出是有收获的，老板很重视我的劳动，这样不仅能激发他的工作热情，还能带动其他人。员工毕竟就是员工，员工重视公司的前提是得到相应的回报，所以我们让员工劳有所得，否则会给员工一种我付出的比别人多，别人还和我一样，那我为什么要多出那一份力。

有人把企业组织比喻成一艘船，领导是船长，员工是水手，大家乘坐一艘船，方向相同，目的地相同，正因前方风浪很大丶前方的路还很远，所以才需要选拔忠诚无畏的水手来担当远航的任务。这个时候，大家必须忠於集体，齐心合力把船引领到更远更宽的海洋。