Loyalty implies sticking with someone or something even if it goes against your own self-interest. Especially in business, loyalty carries the expectation that you will be rewarded for this allegiance. True loyalty means going the extra mile when it's needed.

1. LOYALTY AT WORKPLACE AS A MEANS OF
DRIVING THE ORGANIZATION FORWARD.
By
Felicia O. ADEYEMI
(Management Executive)
DuKan George Limited.
25th May, 2017.

2. OUTLINE
• Definition of Terms
• Attributes of a loyal employee
• Qualities of a remarkable loyal employees
• Facts
• Loyalty in the Eyes of the Employers and Employees
• How employees can be loyal
• How employer can be loyal
• References

3. DEFINITION
Loyalty implies sticking with someone or something even if it goes
against your own self-interest. Especially in business, loyalty carries the
expectation that you will be rewarded for this allegiance.
True loyalty means going the extra mile when it's needed.

4. ATTRIBUTES OF A LOYAL EMPLOYEE
A group defined loyalty as:
• being willing to stay through good and bad times
• internalizing company goals as personal goals
• giving extra time, energy and commitment when necessary.
• a positive representation of the company
• sometimes put the company ahead of personal, family and other
considerations.

5. QUALITIES OF A REMARKABLE LOYAL
EMPLOYEES
• Do not criticize the manager in front of others
• Do not disagree in private others.
• Totally support you and your decisions in public
• Tell you what you least want to hear

6. FACTS
• Loyalty in the workplace is tied to happiness and job satisfaction
(Jean-Baptiste Aloy).
• Loyalty takes time to build (Mr. Keiningham)
• Loyalty has absolutely nothing to do with length of employment.

7. LOYALTY IN THE EYES OF THE EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYEES
HR professionals and a sample of employees share their thoughts on
employee loyalty.
• Loyalty changes over time - 80% of the respondents indicated that it had
several factors contributed to decreased levels of loyalty (downsizing,
mergers, low job satisfaction etc.)
• Loyalty diminishes - One of the chief reasons for this is that hard work
and extra effort are assumed, or required, as the norm by the
organization, rather than being recognized and rewarded.

8. • What influences employees loyalty? 97% said that the most important
influence is job satisfaction, changing management and reorganizing
groups lowers my loyalty , salary 70%, family considerations (birth of a
child, schedule doctor appointments and other personal matters) 67%, and
lastly, corporate benefits 56% which placed seventh on the list.
LOYALTY IN THE EYES OF THE EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYEES

9. HOW EMPLOYEES CAN BE LOYAL
• Do your job and do it well — loyal to yourself.
• Take pride in your work.
• Never stop learning and advancing in your field.
• Don’t take risks at work to prove your loyalty to anyone for any reason

10. HOW EMPLOYER CAN BE LOYAL
• Good communication – less of modern technology, such as e-mail and
teleconferencing and more of face-to-face interaction to avoid
disconnection.
• Be honest
• Involve them and carry them along
• Constantly recognition and acknowledgement of their contributions

11. • Share in their pain
• Strengthen personal connections
• Show appreciation
• Keep up their career
• Proving that you can be loyal to them too
• Establish trust & loyalty.
HOW EMPLOYER CAN BE LOYAL

12. REFERENCES
• (http://www.workforce.com/2002/03/07/loyalty-in-the-eyes-of-the-employers-
and-employees/)
• www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/workplace-loyalty-a-two-way-
street/article4282104
• www.reliableplant.com/Read/10517/trust-loyalty-workplace

13. THANK YOU