Don’t loose touch with your staff and co-workers

It won’t kill you to get into the front-line every once in a while. Answer some calls, work a few shifts, do the filing and make your own coffee.

Over the course of time many mangers tend to withdraw from the fiery furnace to the sterile, air conditioned comfort of their private offices. For some reason managers tend to get off the train in order to avoid communicating with the staff.

Stay in touch with your people. Don’t drift off into outer space and become a stranger to those around you. As a manager, CEO or director of an organisation it is important that I remind you that the people working with and underneath you actually appreciate seeing you once in a while.

This is especially true during times of change and economic uncertainty. Your people are looking at you for reassurance, peace of mind, inspiration and motivation.
How can you expect people to share your vision if they never see you around?

Being a stranger to your people will lead to a humble fall.