Sean: How to foster employee loyalty?

Loyalty is a two-way street. If you show it, they're going to show it back. If they don't show it back, those are particularly evil kinds of people. They pay evil with good, so get rid of them. But people who have a good heart, they're grateful, they have a debt of gratitude, that is what’s important. For me, people have to have a debt of gratitude.

I’m one of the people who have a debt of gratitude, that’s why I also don't like owing people favors. I don't like owing people favors because I have a debt of gratitude and I feel like I have to pay it back. And some people, when they call the favor, it could be outrageous. You have to make sure that you have people in the team who have a debt of gratitude. They are grateful. They're thankful to you. They have loyalty to you for what you've done, for what you stand for, for the contributions you've done for the team and the company, for your character, and they respect you. All of those things play a huge factor.

Also, if you have a certain employee in your team, who is disloyal to you, who gossips about you, who slanders you, especially if this person is in a higher position, like a leadership position, get rid of them. That's going to be a sickness and cancer in your organization. So that breaks down even the most loyal employees. That breaks them down. If you have someone in a leadership position, that's not loyal to you, get rid of them immediately. So yeah, there are so many ways.

Showing your employees how good you are, and really, you know, having integrity. Being a one-man person at work, at home when no one sees you in your decisions, that is very important. Having integrity is very important. Serving and helping your people is also very important. Teaching them, making sure they learn the craft, making sure they're successful at work, at what they do, that fosters loyalty.

There are so many ways to build it. And there are also so many ways that it could break down. Sometimes it's not your fault. Sometimes it's just because you're keeping disloyal or evil, particularly evil people in your team, especially in the leadership role. So yeah, I hope that answers your question.

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