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In a recent post, I looked at Bristol-Myers Squibb’s plan to have managers actually manage workers for 50% of their time. This is an important tactic to consider, even if you do not go with the 50% target, because the recent generations of workers expect this support.
Multiple studies in this decade have been conducted identify organizational predictors of employee intentions to leave. Of course, you should remember these if you read my articles and blogs, but let me remind you just in case. Workers want plenty of
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Feedback and coaching
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Reward and recognition
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Learning and development opportunities
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Evidence that their organization values them
This is what managers should be doing when they are managing workers. Otherwise, workers will look for these things in other organizations and you get expensive and annoying turnover.
What’s the problem with doling out these riches? Recently we found that managers were too busy doing the “technical” part of their job. Managers in your organization are probably measured on this part of their job more clearly than any other part. Still, workers expect this support, and goodness knows they can benefit from it, so start making your project management easier by enabling your managers to be better at that “people” part of their job.
Posted on: April 25, 2008 08:08 AM |
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