Comments on: LOYALTY

By: Betsy Wuebker

Betsy Wuebker — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:41:22 +0000

Hi Barbara – I think there is the impression of less loyalty from the employer side that contributes to the frequency of job changing as well. If an employee feels powerless, or that they serve at the whim of the employer, there’s not a lot of incentive for loyalty. Thanks.

By: Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog

Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:22:14 +0000

Hi Betsy - I was raised with that "loyalty ethic" and when I did change jobs, I often felt guilty. When I saw what an employer spends on training employees and what their overhead is (over and above the hourly wage), I realized there's more to a job than the hourly wage alone. Unfortunately two way conversation doesn't happen often enough between employers and employees, so when a "greener pasture" presents itself to an employee, they're apt to jump ship. Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog´s last blog post..NBOTW - I Think I Can, I Think I Can

By: Betsy Wuebker

Betsy Wuebker — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:46 +0000

Hi Kathy – Thanks! Isn’t it true, though? We take things for granted with our oldest, most loyal customers, or tried and true family members. Employers can completely miss the boat when it comes to how long-term employees feel. We have to look at what binds the relationship and ensure its maintenance is kept up – something you write about on your blog regularly.

By: Kathy - Virtual Impax

Kathy - Virtual Impax — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:03:02 +0000

Betsy, Positively BRILLIANT !!! Brilliant post!!! "It’s tempting to mistake long term relationships for loyalty" That will stay with me for quite a while!!! Kathy - Virtual Impax´s last blog post..Why this is a GREAT time to start your own small business!

By: Betsy Wuebker

Betsy Wuebker — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:09:47 +0000

Hi Patricia – That’s a fascinating story. I believe questioning and dialogue is strengthening as well.

I hope that evasion and non-answers will be called out more frequently now that the election is over. If someone can’t even admit whether or not they’re a smoker, for trite example, how will other questions be (non-)answered?

It’s easy for us all to let ego get caught up in interactions, as your example beautifully portrays. Instead, you were willing to let go of it and new heights were scaled by everyone. It’s a powerful example. Thank you for sharing it!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:43:56 +0000

I believe loyalty results in many directions which can include intense questioning and testing each and every decision. I had a student in one of my ethic’s classes who belittled, questioned, mocked nearly every word that I uttered in lecture and seminar. I just kept coming home and working, and working on what he was trying to do or why he was trying to prove I was incompetent….or stupid or a dumb female….then I changed my mind…and embraced the enemy…..for the second 2/3rds of the semester I could hardly wait to arrive at class and see what this guy would come up with…..When the class was over the students in the class rated it as one of the most profound learning experiences they had every had and I received so many great words and praise….this young man should have gotten more credit, many still saw him as an enemy….I am still very good friends 27 years later and when life seems way too tough…..he always brings me back to the present….he is a Union Organizer and has some fabulous ideas about taking care of people for their lives/living and the auto bailout…I am sure you will hear from him as he is a very public figure.
I give him great credit for teaching me how to teach and how to believe and how to truly understand all those theories and concepts…
Blind loyalty – is a cesspool – a despair usually….loyalty that is active and acute is a flowing stream and puts meaning to the word Love.

Patricia´s last blog post..Beautiful