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Good Manners in the Work Place

Many business owners forget to see their employees as people, therefore acting without proper etiquette or good manners. Sound like someone you know? Would you want to work hard for that person? Business owners often spend too much time worrying about client relationships and not enough time on their relationships with employees.

Steve Kaplan, author of the best-selling book `Bag the Elephant!`, says, `Once business owners turn off an employee to the point where they check out of the game mentally, it spreads like wildfire through the company and kills productivity. Finally, it can even infect clients and drive them away.`

Steve further points out that, for business owners to `do all they can do`, they?ve got to practice some `Don`ts` with employees. Business owners may own their companies, but they don`t own their employees. If they want to get their employees` loyalty and their best work, business owners must use good etiquette.