Use Teams to Help Marginal Employees Quickly
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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Continuing from the last post on helping marginal performers. If you are like many project managers, this type of intervention is the last thing you want to get involved in. If you feel unprepared for this, maybe you shouldn’t obsess over certain individual weaknesses. The article mentions identifying and building on strengths and stimulating marginal workers to do their best using teams.
Instead of uncomfortable interpersonal interactions, you can first create goals for the teams and motivate the teams to reach the goals. Help teams further by providing resources and removing obstacles. The best companies don’t have supervisors looking over the group’s collective shoulder all day. Teams in the best companies use the strengths of every individual to get things done. Marginal performers become less of an issue. Of course, you may eventually have to deal with marginally performing individuals, but your “immediate special management attention” can start quickly on a project basis with team strategies.
Posted on: October 15, 2007 11:21 PM |
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