Listening

Every topic we go through reminds me about how important it is to listen. If more people listened, there would be less people who made assumptions or judgments and even save themselves a breath on asking a question that had already been answered. If managers took more time to listen to their employees, there would probably be a lot more involvement, if not motivation. Many times I feel like employees feel unmotivated and frustrated because they feel like their opinions and ideas don’t mater. If anything, managers forget that they too are an employee. It’s like the old saying, “treat others as if you would like to be treated.” Looking at all the movies on corporate life, what are the stereotypes? Employees are not happy. There are case studies covering happy employees which then prove the rareness of this actual occurrence. If case studies need to be made to teach students how a manager should treat employees, we need to pick up the pace and start learning and implementing.