It’s Sunday. What are your plans for tomorrow?
Did you know that twice as many people call in sick on Mondays as compared to Fridays?
That’s 24.8% vs.12.8% according to a recent study conducted in the UK. And few would argue that employee absenteeism places pressure on productivity, morale AND the bottom line, but who’s keeping track?
Putting reasons aside like sickness or a hurricane, the following common workplace occurrences are fueling Monday absenteeism:
- Truth takes second place to personal and professional gain
- Accountability is expected but not practiced by management
- Short-term wins beat long-term purpose
- Talk and actions don’t match
- Only one voice matters and it’s not yours
- Moral character? What’s that?
- Closed doors and closed mindedness abound
- Hidden agendas stifle transparency
- Fear is rampant and rules “rule”
- Failures are punished
- Honesty is not encouraged
- Shared values are non-existent
Can you name the common thread running through these?
If you guessed low trust you are correct, and it is present in almost every workplace. Low trust, leads to low morale which, in turn, increases employee absenteeism.
The fixes aren’t all that difficult if you can get past Step #1 below.
Step #1 ACKNOWLEDGE that trust is low. That’s the hardest part. Reviewing these universal principles and answering this one question/one minute anonymous survey will help. (Almost 70,000 people already have)
Step #2 Identify which principles are weak in your organization. They won’t all be and strengths can be celebrated.
Step #3 Mend them with these tools. You can do it yourself or contact barbara@trustacrossamerica.com
Why have YOU chosen to call in sick tomorrow? What actions can you take to curb “Mondayitis?”
Barbara Brooks Kimmel is the CEO at Trust Across America-Trust Around the World whose mission is to help organizations build trust.
Copyright 2019, Next Decade, Inc.
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