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Focus less on loyalty and more on commitment with your people

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Managers often label departing employees as “disloyal”. But here’s the thing: loyalty is overrated. Loyalty is too easily used to coerce people into abandoning their interests. As if it’s used in the sense of “you should show loyalty, no matter what”. The “no matter what”… 

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Ask for commitment not loyalty

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Loyalty gets a lot of attention from managers (especially when they’re hurt that someone’s quit). But we should focus more on commitment, less on loyalty. Loyalty has the potential to be abused. It’s often positioned as something that should be prioritised (especially by employees, lest…