Safeguard the future of your company's best people

SHARED FROM:

Robert Donaldson and Barbara Folb

Catch Falling Stars

HANDBOOK OF BUSINESS STRATEGY

 

Managing valuable human capital:

• HR and senior executives should develop a joint plan
• Organization should create a non-threatening forum
• Enlist the aid of a third party coach

Signs that can point to a star in trouble:

• Team cohesiveness deteriorating

• Increased turnover in his or her department

• Lacks direction in focus

• Increasingly hesitant to make decisions

• Short tempered, abrasive
• Increased confrontations
• Misses deadlines
• Doesn't set priorities
• Drinks and eats too much
• Begins smoking
• Gains or losses weight

 

Steps to consider that can safeguard the future of your company's best people

• Ensuring a Good Fit
• No matter how impressive the individuals' qualifications may be, they have to have a clear idea of exactly what the company expects them to accomplish.
• Adapting to New Rules
• rules usually change when a company reorganizes or brings in a new chief executive
• Changes in the way we work, however small, can be aggravating
• Measuring Up
• stars run into trouble because they do not understand the new boss's priorities and standards for measuring performance and success
• Communicating
• Effective communications can often prevent stars from falling