{"id":1332,"date":"2021-05-11T23:19:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T20:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:42:01","slug":"bal-yapmayan-ari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/bal-yapmayan-ari\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bee That Makes No Honey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yd-article\">\n<p><strong>Which behaviours are rewarded in your company?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>First published: <time datetime=\"2021-05-11\">11 May 2021<\/time> \u00b7 Updated: <time datetime=\"2026-09-22\">22 September 2026<\/time><\/small><\/p>\n<p>The activity in a beehive reminds us of working life. There is effort everywhere, constant movement. But how much of that movement in our companies actually creates value?<\/p>\n<p>From a lean perspective, the issue is being able to do the work that meets the customer\u2019s need at the required quality and time. That contribution sustains the company.<\/p>\n<p>In some organisations, people who improve the work, solve problems and make others\u2019 work easier are not sufficiently visible. Meanwhile, those better at describing work, claiming success or staying close to management may stand out.<\/p>\n<p>Then a question becomes important: are we rewarding the contribution itself, or the appearance of contribution?<\/p>\n<h2>Confusing visibility with contribution<\/h2>\n<p>An employee talking a lot, attending many meetings or constantly appearing busy does not, by itself, show that their work produces results. Likewise, a quiet employee\u2019s contribution may be no smaller.<\/p>\n<p>Nor can we assess contribution solely by the number of parts produced. Maintenance that prevents a breakdown, appropriate planning or a check that stops a defect reaching the customer supports production. We should ask which need the work meets.<\/p>\n<p>I use the bee that makes no honey as an analogy for a behaviour. Looking at what the system encourages is more useful than assigning permanent labels to people. If claiming someone else\u2019s effort works, or telling management only what it wants to hear is rewarded, these behaviours multiply.<\/p>\n<h2>Retaining people who create value<\/h2>\n<p>Employees stay in an organisation for more than income. They also want their effort to be recognised and assessed fairly. In an environment where polished words receive more recognition than the work itself, there is a risk of losing people who genuinely contribute.<\/p>\n<p>A company that does not value merit may gradually lose those who create value and be left with an empty hive.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves a question managers should first ask themselves: which behaviours do I reward in my company, and which do I ignore?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me\u015fgul g\u00f6r\u00fcnmek ile katk\u0131 \u00fcretmek aras\u0131ndaki fark ve y\u00f6netimin hangi davran\u0131\u015flar\u0131 \u00f6d\u00fcllendirdi\u011fi \u00fczerine.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3518,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-makaleler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2673,"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/2673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yalindonusum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}