Downsizing? Think Ahead.
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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Many executives are having to protect their bonuses by downsizing in this economy. But before you open a Save the Executives nonprofit organization, make sure a knee-jerk layoff response does not play havoc with your projects now and in the future. Think of the situation this way: The organization may need to shed total workforce compensation, but someone better be looking for alternatives to laying off high-performance workers who will be needed to perform to make lean projects successful as well as when the upturn begins and you are asked to achieve results fast to capture market share.
Ideas to point you in the right direction:
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Work with HR to identify skills that are hard to find. Don’t let workers with these skills go.
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Don’t just fill positions that happen to be open. Let them go unfilled if you need to keep a skilled worker.
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If you have critically-skilled workers that are in danger of being laid off, protect them, perhaps by moving them somewhere else temporarily.
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Lay off lower skilled workers or those with easily-replaceable skills as a trade-off to keep best workers.
Posted on: April 29, 2008 10:25 PM |
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Richard How
Programme Management Consultant| How Associates Ltd
Harthill, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
sound ideas but sadly downsizing usually seems to be done by people who want to keep their friends and get rid of people they either dont like or dont know. Skill base rarely seem to come into it. I do think that in cases were a large downsizing is to be done it would be better to get outside consultants in to recommend who should go so that its done more on skills needed that friendship. The other mistake companies make is to try to do management of third parties as cheaply as possible instead of as cost effectively as possible. Companies tend to chop the team that are controlling third party spend and delivery and then wonder why the work from those parties suddenly costs so much more and is late or of poor quality. Sometimes is cheaper overall to pay the team to chase down costs with third parties instead of leave third parties to take money from you
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