IBM interviewed over 400 HR executives at organizations from 40 countries to find out how they were addressing key workforce challenges. Highlighted are key areas of focus that require the immediate attention of not just the HR function, but senior executives across the organization. Here are the top four:
The report highlights how addressing these key focus areas can help transform your workforce and take its performance to the next level.
Established organizations continue to flatten the organizational pyramid through eliminating managerial layers and upping the subordinate/superior ratio from the classic 6:1 to 12:1 and higher. Newer companies stay flat from the get-go.
One consequence is that a traditional workplace acknowledgement - the promotion - is becoming rarer as opportunities for internal upward mobility are reduced.
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Commit to paper in detail what you want to achieve.
State it in the positive, as if you already have it.
Having a clear written description and picture brings
your goal closer to reality.
In today’s hierarchal organization, strategic intent flows from the top, while tactical implementation is carried out at the bottom. In the middle of the flow are middle managers: first- second- and third tier supervisors, managers and senior managers who are mandated to proactively deliver the planned strategy’s goals.
The challenge is that the bulk of their energy is spent tactically (and often) reactively responding to pressures from customers, subordinates, peers and their boss.
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