And Ultimately, Those Little Things Add Up To A Lot For Your People

Business, Communication.

Business relationships - promises are for keeping - it' s a small thing, but it is so vital. And ultimately, those little things add up to a lot for your people. In your business relationships, forgetting little things promised, causes erosion of trust and belief in you and all you stand for.

And that affects you and in the end, your business success. - it hasn' t always worked that way for me though. Integrity is very important to me, and I try hard to' do unto others as I would wish them do unto me' . There have been times in my previous career - times that I can remember vividly even now - when promises were not kept, never to be, things were borrowed returned and where I was not on the best end of wheeling and dealing that are part of corporate politics. It is a two - way street. For me, creating honourable relationships with my people has always been important. Once when my wife was very ill, my management team told me not to come in, despite it being a very busy time.

Of us. - i told them, thank - you, and i would come and go, in the comfort that they thought enough of me. To tell me to do that. They knew that if it had been them, I would have offered the same. I didn' t need to ask, but what they said to me at that time came from an environment of fairness, honesty and trust had grown over time. It was as if, as Steven Covey says, in' The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People' , I had enough credit in my' emotional bank account' to tide me over. You get back what you give out.

I' d never realised that I had that credit, my standards and, but looking back values were daily deposits, gained partly from keeping promises when I made them. - there' s no better time to start than right now.