on financial performance being forced to a thirty-day window,
most of the sales teams are not willing to take vacation or downtime for fear of missing a commission.”
There are huge downsides to low morale in a business. Unhappy
employees are not as productive, and they don’t have the incentive
to be creative to move the organization forward. There also is
potential risk to the business itself.
“There is strong linkage between morale, security, and corporate liability,” says MacDonnell Ulsch, Managing Director of Janus
Risk Management. “Most security breaches originate inside the
organization, and the breach may be the direct action of a disgruntled employee, or a disgruntled employee may assist someone
outside in violating the integrity of the company.”