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From Climbing Walls To A Culture Of Caring, Kirk Kelly, Brenna Miaira Kutch Jan 2017

From Climbing Walls To A Culture Of Caring, Kirk Kelly, Brenna Miaira Kutch

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Ultimately, creating a culture of caring will make the difference between paying employees to work for the organization and having them get up in the morning wanting to work for the organization. Staff will be more engaged, more committed, and more productive, will encourage others, and will live longer lives. Caring can't be faked. While this article has mentioned many ways to focus on a culture of caring, caring is not a list of boxes to check off. It is never "finished." Training people to genuinely care is difficult to do, so organizational leaders must keep this attribute in mind, …