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Companies Need to Build Up Workplace T

Companies Need to Build Up Workplace Trust

March 12, 2024
Survey from Emtrain found a drop in employees experiencing respectful work relationships.

A recent survey, 2024 Workplace Culture Outlook,from Emtrain, analyzed 100 million microsurvey responses over the past 16 months from over 500 organizations, and two results stood out. There was a decrease of 12% in employees who think their colleagues value creating respectful work relationships. And there was a 20% decrease in employees who agree or strongly agree that their senior leaders lead by example when it comes to making decisions that put the interests of the organization first.  

Other highlights from the report are as follows as these categories saw decreases:

  • Nurturing Trust (3.5%)
  • Advancing Allyship (4.2%)
  • Cultivating Authenticity (5.1%)

“2024 is shaping up to be a difficult year for leaders,” said Janine Yancy, CEO and founder of Emtrain, in a statement. “Cutting employee experience budgets risks overlooking a key investment: training and analytics. This empowers teams, leading to lower turnover, fewer claims, and overall cost savings. Invest in your people and data, not just cost control, and emerge stronger than ever."

The report offers four key areas business leaders can focus on to help minimize the decline in workplace culture in 2024. 

Shifting from employee experience to employee enablement: Encouraging managers to coach employees to embrace challenges as growth opportunities and to proactively seek help when needed from workplace leaders or other colleagues.

 

Developing an allyship muscle: Allyship is a skill, which leaders demonstrate when they use their privilege to create an opportunity for someone who likely faces bias and/or has fewer opportunities than the ally. Developing an allyship muscle does not cost any money, and it infuses diversity, ethics, inclusion, and belonging into a workplace culture.

 

Being intentionally transparent and providing context for clarity: There are no effective shortcuts to communicating with employees and sharing business needs and expectations. Don’t just tell employees “the what”; paint them a picture of “the why”.

 

Nurturing trust: Trust is the connective tissue between co-workers, employees, managers, and the organization. Trust is earned through people's actions over time. Coaching and reminding people that everyone's actions impact others, and that people in an organization are interconnected and need each other to achieve shared goals, are critical to nurturing trust.

 

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Dave Blanchard, Editor-in-Chief: During his career Dave has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeekEHS Today, Material Handling & LogisticsLogistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. In addition, he serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2021), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its third edition. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.

Adrienne Selko, Senior Editor: In addition to her roles with EHS Today and the Safety Leadership Conference, Adrienne is also a senior editor at IndustryWeek and has written about many topics, with her current focus on workforce development strategies. She is also a senior editor at Material Handling & Logistics. Previously she was in corporate communications at a medical manufacturing company as well as a large regional bank. She is the author of Do I Have to Wear Garlic Around My Neck?, which made the Cleveland Plain Dealer's best sellers list.

Nicole Stempak, Managing Editor:  Nicole Stempak is managing editor of EHS Today and conference content manager of the Safety Leadership Conference.

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