Nurturing Pays Off
Think of the heroes in your life. I bet if you were to really think about it, most of them would be considered nurturers. In the workplace, nurturing is essential to increased productivity, retention, high morale, teamwork and good leadership. It is also essential in attracting and keeping customers and getting those customers to sing your praises.
We have five main constituencies. These consist of our clients, prospective clients, associates, employees and our families. And if we don’t water and feed them they will not grow.
Whole Foods Market (Fresh Fields) which is rated by Money Magazine as one of the best places to work for in the USA, focuses on nurturing as one of their key ingredients to success. All staff are involved in self empowered work teams, suggestions are actively sought, employees choose who they will work with and employee concerns are paramount.
Furthermore, customers are shown the same respect and concern. As a result Whole Foods Markets profits continue to grow at a rate of at least 20% per year. read the full article… CLICK HERE.
