Who cares about your business?

No one is going to care about your business like you. And it’s okay. 

You hear from these ‘talking heads’ on television and social media that your employees need to be just as passionate about your business as you are. I get the logic behind wanting your employees to be excited about what you are paying them to do. But, for me having someone gung ho fore a business that they didn’t put money into and sweat equity to start is huge misguided request from the owner. Employees are people. They have dreams and passions too (outside of the business). I believe the more you encourage them to follow their dreams, the better your business will do. 

Think about it. When you are working for someone and they let you off early to handle personal business; didn’t you feel a high level of internal gratitude towards them? Absolutely. You automatically said that there is no other company that will allow you to do that. 

This is even more so important during this Covid-19 pandemic. People are needing to work remotely because of their children getting exposed to this virus. So, if one kid gets exposed, then all of the kids who have been around has to stay at home. So, imagine if your kid either tested positive for Covid and/or was expose to it 4 times during the school year. This is a tremendous about of strain on parents. If employers allowed parents to work from home with their kids, it might give those employees a greater sense of ownership with the company. They might say to themselves that this company thought enough to let me stay at home with my kids regardless of my kid having COVID or not. 

All in all, it does not matter if your employees do not care about your business like you. As long as they care! Obviously, you can’t have employees running amuck, e.g., not being professional, not returning phone calls, not making sales, etc. However, our business is not the ‘end all, be all.’ It’s just that a BUSINESS. 

~ Attorney Ronnie O’Brien Rice  










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