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Employees Are Still Your Biggest Asset
Today's economic downturn (okay crisis of typhoon like proportions) is not a time to take your employees for granted. Leaders have to remember that an attitude of "appreciate you even have a job" is not acceptable, if they want their organization to survive this downturn. Talent, true talent, will find other opportunities, even in these desperate times. Leaders cannot risk the additional burden that can be put on their organization from turnover, or lower productivity, resulting from poor morale. Your people are still you biggest asset and need to be treated like it. Failing to do so will result in a ripple effect that can cripple, or crush, even a relatively healthy organization.
Unfortunately, some leaders feel in these times people are expendable assets, which can be quickly replaced. Wrong. In these times your core, star, staff need to be held onto tightly. If you lose them you're in more trouble than you may think. Skilled labor may be out looking for a job right now, but you are really going to be taking a gamble bringing on new staff. Many of the people looking for employment right now may or may not be quality candidates. Your gamble is getting quality over average or worse yet, horrible. Many organizations shed their dead weight first and hold tight until the very last moment their best. That is not to say that all the people out looking for jobs right now are second or third choices, no, there is great talent out there right now, but finding and selecting the talent from the mediocre is not an easy chore and recruitment is never free.
In these times, when profit is scarce and big losses are common, your people and their morale can be the deciding factor between success and failure. It is up to leaders to take charge and inspire their people. Taking them for granted will only result in more job losses, losses that includes leadership when the organization tanks. Your quality employees are not lucky to have a job, you are lucky they have a job working for you-do not mess it up by forgetting their worth.
Geno A Bulzomi
Today's economic downturn (okay crisis of typhoon like proportions) is not a time to take your employees for granted. Leaders have to remember that an attitude of "appreciate you even have a job" is not acceptable, if they want their organization to survive this downturn. Talent, true talent, will find other opportunities, even in these desperate times. Leaders cannot risk the additional burden that can be put on their organization from turnover, or lower productivity, resulting from poor morale. Your people are still you biggest asset and need to be treated like it. Failing to do so will result in a ripple effect that can cripple, or crush, even a relatively healthy organization.
Unfortunately, some leaders feel in these times people are expendable assets, which can be quickly replaced. Wrong. In these times your core, star, staff need to be held onto tightly. If you lose them you're in more trouble than you may think. Skilled labor may be out looking for a job right now, but you are really going to be taking a gamble bringing on new staff. Many of the people looking for employment right now may or may not be quality candidates. Your gamble is getting quality over average or worse yet, horrible. Many organizations shed their dead weight first and hold tight until the very last moment their best. That is not to say that all the people out looking for jobs right now are second or third choices, no, there is great talent out there right now, but finding and selecting the talent from the mediocre is not an easy chore and recruitment is never free.
In these times, when profit is scarce and big losses are common, your people and their morale can be the deciding factor between success and failure. It is up to leaders to take charge and inspire their people. Taking them for granted will only result in more job losses, losses that includes leadership when the organization tanks. Your quality employees are not lucky to have a job, you are lucky they have a job working for you-do not mess it up by forgetting their worth.
Geno A Bulzomi