DEAR BOSS:
You’ve been talking a lot about why you want us employees to be highly engaged. Likewise, you’ve received many suggestions on what you could start doing. Believe me, I want to be enthusiastic about coming to work. However, rather than start something new, why don’t you stop doing what isn’t working? Here are seven things you could stop doing that are ruining our culture:
1. STOP DICTATING TO ME/DECIDING FOR ME.
I’m a competent, committed employee who wants to have a positive impact on the company and grow my career here. I hate waiting for you to make every decision. It slows us down. Rather than waiting for you to tell me what to do, let’s set up some ground rules around when I need to come to you and what decisions I can make myself. That’ll help me become more valuable more quickly.