Employee Spirit

Author: Edgar Schein
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: "In a column for the New York Times Book Review, Helen Fisher, a senior reviewer, once wrote: A building can stand for a hundred years not because of the strength of its upper floors, but precisely because of the unshakable foundation. In fact, we always focus on the quality of senior management in enterprises while neglecting the training of frontline employees. This is a terrible thing, and the great observer, Dr. Edgar Schein, clearly saw these issues and offered valuable advice. I believe any visionary leader knows how to do this. The New York Times Book Review recommends this as the perfect training read for American corporate employees. Employee spirit is the professional spirit of every excellent employee, and also the basic code of ethics – the Professional Benchmark. Dedication, responsibility, initiative, cooperation, loyalty, innovation, efficiency, and obedience – these ideas and values have driven the rapid development of the American economy over the past 100 years and have produced a large number of elites in government, military, business, and academia.