Another Reason Your Employer Causes Your Workforce Mgmt Problems
From the Eye on the Workforce Blog
by Joe Wynne
Workforce management is a key part of project success, but project managers often find it difficult to get trustworthy information on what really works. From interpersonal interactions to big workforce issues we'll look the latest research and proven techniques to find the most effective solutions for your projects.
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I just got back from time away in inspiring Mother Nature. It got me thinking about inspiration. What gets you inspired? Would you count your organizational vision statement on that list? Probably not, and that’s too bad, because it’s supposed to be the core of your inspiration.
This article describes what a good vision statement should be like, and what it should not be like. Compare the vision statement for your organization to it. If your vision statement could be used as the “bad” example in this article, then it is the rotten core behind your chronic workforce management problems.
Without a clear description of an exciting future to work toward, workers will find it impossible to master change collectively. Instead, they will resist change efforts or work for their own goals (personal, team, department, division). The interventions that you attempt will often end in frustration. There will be no compelling reason for workers to conform to your project goals or standards. You can replace all nonconforming workers with other great candidates, but you will not solve the problem. (I said that I was inspired, not optimistic.)
Posted on: October 10, 2007 07:14 AM |
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"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore."
- Mark Twain
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