Come on, sissy, march over to your desk right now and get that report for me or you will be scrubbing the toilets with a toothbrush. If your style of issuing instructions is similar to the techniques used at boot camp, then you are in trouble. Although ordering people around is necessary and essential in the military, other methods should be utilized with the troops in the business arena.
People can be very sensitive and have a lot of pride.
As a result, the way a manager instructs an employee to do a task can have a tremendous impact on how well it is done. Employees react very differently to instructions depending on whether the meaning is perceived as respectful or disrespectful. Unfortunately, some managers still issue instructions by bossing employees around. This antiquated management technique does not work well with employees. The reason is that people hate being told what to do.