Get More Done With Less
On February 28, 2010 in Thought for the Day
Today’s recession has forced many organizations to reduce their staffing. Headcount is down but workload is not. So fewer employees have to get more things done.
I am not talking about overworking employees; if you overwhelm them, they may stay for now but will leave as soon as things get better.
I am talking about having the right people in the right jobs – because when your employees are good at what they do and love doing it, performance soars.
The challenge for many organizations is the wrong people have been in the wrong jobs for a while. Today’s recession has created the need to make important changes throughout the organization to align talent to the right roles to better use the performance power of each employee. Each employee is now more critical; each must contribute his best. This can’t happen if they are in the wrong roles.
To start a meaningful realignment process, ask your employees these questions:
1. What are you great at?
2. What do you love to do?
3. What is your least favorite aspect of your job?
4. What is your favorite aspect of your job?
5. What do you wish you could do more of?
This gives you critical information about employee attributes and interests. Use this information to assess for employee “fit.� Realign as needed. Hire the right people from the outside from today’s extreme choice of unemployed talent if the talent you need does not currently exist. Create your A-Team – this team will need to get more done with less.
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