{"id":1569,"date":"2014-07-28T07:15:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T11:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2014-07-28T07:15:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T11:15:12","slug":"is-it-hump-day-tgif-or-5pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1569","title":{"rendered":"Is it Hump Day, TGIF or 5PM?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently\u00a0I saw an ad for\u00a0a men’s wristwatch. The company had substituted the “5” on the watch face for a picture of a martini. Apparently this reminds the wearer of the\u00a0watch that it’s time to leave work and head for the bar! \u00a0It got me thinking about “humpday” and TGIF, the “grind” as some call it, and all the expressions workers use to show their\u00a0disdain for their jobs.<\/p>\n

Gallup\u00a0<\/span>released a poll<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in 2013 showing that a shocking 63 percent of employees are disengaged and another 24 percent are\u00a0<\/span>actively\u00a0<\/em>disengaged. Those disengaged workers cost business over $300 billion per year.<\/span><\/p>\n

We know that happy workers are productive workers, so apparently the majority are pretty unhappy nowadays. Can you blame them? Overwork, underpay, job insecurity,\u00a0and many less tangible reasons.\u00a0And the root cause… organizations with leaders who place little to no value on their employees. Inflated\u00a0egos,\u00a0inattention, inability to say “thank you,”\u00a0and perhaps worst of all, lack of transparency. This is how business is done, and \u00a0trust is busted. In a recent blog post \u00a0called “In Building Trust Actions Speak Louder than Words<\/a>,<\/span>”\u00a0I offered some very simple suggestions for leaders who want to give trust a try. Pick\u00a0\u00a0just one or two from this list today and watch engagement\u00a0grow immediately.<\/p>\n

Not convinced?\u00a0\u00a0Look what happens at companies like Zappos<\/a>\u00a0when employee engagement is placed very high on the “to do” list. And as\u00a0my friends at Edelman like to say, “If you want your employees to trust you, try engaging with them<\/a>.” You may find less of them checking their watches for that 5 o’clock reminder to head to the bar.<\/p>\n

Thank goodness today is Monday! I love my job and occasionally I even pat myself on the back.<\/p>\n

Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0TRUST INC.<\/a>\u00a0book series. In 2012 Barbara was named “One of 25 Women Changing the World” by Good Business International.<\/p>\n

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