It’s Too Expensive to be Disrespectful

Gregg Ward is an award-winning, best-selling author, speaker, facilitator and executive coach who is “the voice of respect.” He’s on a mission to drive leadership and organizational transformation through the practices of respect and respectful leadership. Gregg’s clients include Harley-Davidson, Intel, Qualcomm, Warner Bros Studios and the US Navy. His most recent book “The Respectful Leader” was selected as an Amazon Best-Book-of-the-Month and recently won a Gold Medal for best business fable in the prestigious Axiom Business Book Competition. He’s the CEO of the Gregg Ward Group and the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Respectful Leadership. Although he’s always on the road, Gregg joins us from his base in San Diego.

Top Takeaways: It’s Too Expensive to be Disrespectful with Gregg Ward

The respectful leader
The amount of disrespect in the workplace keeps going up and up
Subtle micro-messaging disrespect- rolling your eyes
We have found that respect has a significant impact on performance, productivity and partnerships
We are being asked to do more with less and be quicker about it
It is very expensive to not have a respectful workplace
What is the root cause of diminishing respect in the workplace?
Stress is playing a large role in declining respect
Stress is higher now than any time since the height of the Vietnam War
The gap between the wealthy and poor is widening- this is creating stress leading to disrespect
When the going gets tough, the tough get tough on each other
7 Ways to Use Influence as a Leader: 1) Be the first to respect
Platinum rule- treat other people how they would want to be treated
Demonstrate the effort- leading with respect
As a leader you get the big bucks to demonstrate respect
You can get just as much out of someone through respect as you can bullying them
The most profitable long-term investment we can make is building a culture of respect

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[shareable cite=”Maya Angelou”]People will forget what you said, and people will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.[/shareable]

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