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Make sure the employee knows you understand what he or she is saying. This builds trust with the employee by use of empathy. For example, try ... 

Thus, building trust requires one party to make the first step. In our context, trust building instruments have to be taken by the slaughterhouses signalling the farmers that the enterprise is trustworthy and reliable. This requires the commitment of the whole enterprise, not only of those employees who directly communicate with farmers. Thus, internal changes such as introducing a code of ethics (Wieland, 1994,1999) have to be considered in a business environment which is characterized so far by distrust and opportunism. 

This is one of the things that we as management do not do well— getting employee inputs. Why do you think this is so hard The one reason that the authors have dealt with is simple. Management in many cases is afraid of what they hear. K they listen to employees, they may have to solve problems and really do not want to deal with it— I do not have the time. This is a common statement from many managers. After all who needs more problems The bottom line is that if you want true employee participation you must ask the question and accept what you hear, solve the issues, and continue to go about your business. Once the culture is developed and trust begins to build, issues will solve themselves because employees will start to solve issues on their own and only come to management when they cannot get the situation resolved. 

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