Respect is the top factor determining whether employees feel valued, stay in their jobs, and show up to work. Five years of research shows it predicts retention and productivity better than anything else. Companies that skip respect in their values lose money; those that build it gain profit.
Number one influencer on whether people felt actually valuable at work, were more productive, had less days off. What do you think it was that made people feel valued? Their wellbeing was better during that year, all related to this one thing. What would you guess it was? Yeah, you've got it. Sheila said respect. That's right. Respect was the number one influencer. Try to guess what. you almost find in no company's core values? The word respect. So this has been known for 5 years that respect has the biggest influence on things like retention, productivity. Now, if we know it has major influence on those, we know profits are getting killed when there's not a culture of respect then. We know profits are more likely to soar when there is a culture of respect because you're more productive. Nobody's missing work. These are things that lead to the bottom line.
