So much, perhaps, for managers' ability to improve workforce morale and commitment.
Google says that it chose Chile because it "offers an ideal combination of reliable infrastructure, a skilled workforce and a commitment to transparent and business friendly regulations".
What it needed then was a partner that could think differently about recruiting, hiring and training its workforce, and whose commitment to diversity would be as strong as its own.
Would it improve the overall standard of service on London's rail networks, which heavily depends on a workforce whose morale and commitment to their tasks is directly and very evidently related to the pay and working conditions that union membership helps secure?
Such praise should come more than once a year, and should play into a broader plan to motivate the workforce and improve employee commitment.
A strong focus on performance should be within the context of building trust and commitment across the workforce.
Paul McBean, the chairman of the multi-union committee at the Scunthorpe works, said: "Getting to this point has taken months of work and commitment from our workforce and I thank them for their support and dedication to the steel industry.
Organization-level facilitators include strong leadership, a vision and commitment to EIDM, a receptive workforce culture, and committing time and financial resources to support EIDM [ 9- 19, 19, 20].
He said: "Today's announcement is no reflection of the skills and commitment of the Tata Steel workforce, which has been breaking production records over the past year.
[ 1, 2] Furthermore, the skills, motivation and commitment of the health workforce in general are increasingly recognised as being intimately linked with the performance of health systems, and thus important areas for research.
