Automating the Disciplines of Success (page 2 of 2)
Set Clear Expectations
Each employee must have a clear understanding of the requirements
of his or her position. A written job description outlines the
activities that he or she was hired to perform. Job descriptions
should be reviewed once each month in one-on-one meetings to ensure
that you and your team member are on the same page. This clarity
helps to maintain increased results.
Create a Human Development Plan
The next element, human development, emphasizes continual
professional growth. Our studies show that employees rank
professional development as being as important as income. Have each
employee create a "Vision Statement" for the year. This statement
includes both their business and personal goals and becomes their
ultimate source of motivation. It also provides management with key
motivators to maximize employee effort and performance. Having a
"Human Development Plan" for each employee builds loyalty,
increases job satisfaction, and reduces turnover.
Focus on Your Most Rewarding Responsibilities
A "Human Performance Plan" pinpoints the main responsibilities that
produce an individual's greatest results. Identify each employee's
top responsibilities in one-on-one meetings. This helps the
employee maximize every working minute in order to achieve more in
less time and avoid time-wasting activities.
Build Long-Term Partnerships
Long-term partnerships are crucial to maximizing productivity. The
first step in building long-term partnerships is self-acceptance -
knowing you can't do it alone. Quality long-term partnerships
provide you with added brainpower, resources, referrals, and
support.
All elements of the formula work together like a machine. Each
element acts as a gear and each gear needs the others to operate
efficiently. Implementing these basic elements helps your employees
create the new habits needed for a workplace with changing
priorities. By concentrating all human effort in these areas, you
will achieve consistently increased results within your company.
You can do things faster, better, and cheaper by using this
performance model; it enables you to keep up with technology. It
motivates employees to focus on and perform the key activities
needed to achieve the company's goals, because they see the company
as a vehicle to achieving their own goals. It's all about creating
an alignment between the company and its employees.
Get ahead of the trend and implement this "human technology" to
keep your company on the leading edge. Spend one-on-one time with
your employees and teach them this formula so that your
organization will continually grow and succeed. This human
technology has already been proven and will help you produce
unprecedented results well into the new millennium and beyond. |
