Human being or Human Resource? How do you treat your employees? When we treat our employees as resources, it somehow, takes away the emotions and the connect that we have with each other. The moment we think of them as human beings, we immediately embrace them with their positives and negatives. The world is moving at a lightning speed where we don’t get time to stop by and analyse ourselves, let alone others.
Compassion is the quality of being there with someone without even been asked for. Compassionate management doesn’t come easy to all. Being compassionate means getting involved with people. This involvement entails understanding people, their strengths, shortcomings, skills and weaknesses. It also means stepping into the zone of others to see what they are going through. Spending time with people might seem like a time consuming affair to most but only the ones who do it would know the long term benefits of engagement.
Most organisations have started operating differently since pandemic. They have also realised the potential for growth the digital way. Engagement however is critical to the organisation. Many leaders believe that being compassionate is equivalent to being weak. But there are plenty of reasons that disregard this thought. It is in fact true that when employees feel cared for, their performance shows a rise. Not only that, it also boosts their morale and loyalty for the organisation.
There are few points that help to build a compassionate workplace:
A conducive culture
An environment of trust and credibility
Engagement and employee development
Transparently laid out rules and policies
Pandemic has made us all realise that artificial intelligence might be the way forward but human connections are inevitable and mean the most to us in testing times.