What people do is largely determined by how they feel.  Too many people are being affected by the widespread Psychological Recession, which is the depressed and anxious feeling that the present is no good and the future will be even more catastrophic.  Making it worse, you feel you’re hanging from a tree limb in a cold wind and no one cares.  To a large extent, these feelings stem from employees’ feelings that they are no longer stakeholders in the companies they work for, with the predictable result that anxiety and stress dominate the workplace.

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The American Management Association conducted a survey of companies that had reduced payroll, and reported that only 45 percent of those companies had profited from those actions even within the first year.  In sharp contrast, the share price of organizations in which employees feel their employer really cares about them and they reciprocate with a strong desire and are deeply motivated to perform at their best are two to three times higher than those of a comparison group.  It’s really common sense—as well as the golden rule—when we respect and like our bosses and feel we’re respected and liked in return, we work harder and better.  Then, the odds are really good that the company is a success.