Scratch their backs

What you help and employees want from you...


A Willingness to Scratch Their Backs-

If you are the boss, you have a certain responsibility to your employees and labor and they to you. You know they have to get the work done and you have to help them get it done.
You don’t help them by physically working with them (unless of course that is the only option), but you are to make sure they are not distracted with frivolous duties and they have the resources they need to complete whatever they are working on.
Think about it this way: You run a contractor business. The client changed the color on the carpet. The store is to open in a week. Now you do everything you can to get the right color as fast you can. In return, you will see your employees work harder for you because they know you will come through for them.

Stand Up for What’s Right-

Ever think about some of the leaders that you worked for that you respected even if you didn’t like them? Respect is earned, and one way to earn respect is by standing up for what is right.
If your boss wants to your team to work overtime and not pay them time-and-a-half, you stand up for the team. You tell your bosses it is wrong. If the company is starting to cut corners on manufacturing, you say something.
It is not always easy to stand up for the right thing. It will not always make you popular with certain people, but when you stand up for the right things, that demands respect from those around you.