Comments on: Would It Kill You to Say Good Morning?

By: Spring Forward: What to with an Extra Hour : Slacker Manager

Spring Forward: What to with an Extra Hour : Slacker Manager — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:22:57 +0000

[...] Say good morning to your customers – Let your customers know they matter by calling them and letting them know how you can help them. [...]

By: Justin Case

Justin Case — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:31:03 +0000

It takes a real jerk to not say good morning or acknowledge a person saying good morning. Usually these people have other issues that are underlying and have to do with their lack of self image so they lash out by being anti-social to others. This only makes them appear to be more of a jerk but they feel they are making a statement by not saying anything at all. When in fact they are pushing themselves away from the people who could help them at some point. So remember what you do now and how you treat others may come back on you at some point.

By: MAPping Company Success

MAPping Company Success — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:32:02 +0000

[...] Gerbyshak over at Slacker Manager quoted an interesting statistic. He said that “7% of employees leave their managers because [...]

By: Dan Erwin

Dan Erwin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:09:52 +0000

I’ve been tracking all the comments about friendliness–and at the same time tracking my emotions about the responses. I’m from the oldest generation, and although I have a reputation for being very, very outgoing and extroverted, and easy to give praise, my own feelings about receiving it are very non-committal. If my boss gave me praise, that was fine–appreciated it. If he/she didn’t, so what? Just didn’t impact me in any noticeable fashion. I never expected it.

I’m writing this because I’m not certain of the cause for this lack of feeling. I’m pretty inconsistent. I coach clients to be friendly, do mbwa, and give praise, but I never cared whether I got it or not. It just wasn’t an emotional or rational issue for me personally. Thought this might be intriguing, or perhaps an instructive distinction. I know plenty in my generation like me–and some Boomers as well. But after that, the generations have a very different perspective.

Though we all have profound similarities–we also have some instructive cultural differences. But I can also get teary-eyed at a great symphony concert–or Brahms lieder.

By: CK

CK — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:10:49 +0000

Employees leave because of the manager(s) before they quit the company.

By: Team Taskmaster mobile edition

Team Taskmaster mobile edition — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:13:29 +0000

[...] affects your employees, think again. Phil Gerbyshak at Slacker Manager just wrote a post entitled “Would It Kill You to Say Good Morning?” that referenced a surprising statistic: apparently 7 percent of employees leave their jobs simply [...]

By: CK

CK — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:29:47 +0000

Mark – that should be “pilfering” – not stealing! LOL!!!

From Dictionary.com … To steal (a small amount or item)

That would apply to office supplies.

By: Mark Jabo

Mark Jabo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:04:08 +0000

Good stuff, Phil.

I’d also add, “Good morning, Stan. Would it be too much to ask for you to stop stealing the office supplies?”

By: My Discoveries on the Road to Prosper and Learn

My Discoveries on the Road to Prosper and Learn — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:13:57 +0000

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By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:15:29 +0000

One of my colleagues always used the test — can my manager be my friend?

It was a simple, but effective test. He wanted a manager who had his back and treated him like a person, not a tool.