Enabling Employees

Are we prepared to guide employees through the development process?

Managing and enabling employees is a broad-based proposition encompassing all the various tasks pertaining to human capital management.  Evaluate your capabilities in these areas consider the following:

• Are we proactive in building more awareness of our industry and our business--in our communities and among potential employees?
• Have we explored all the options for developing and training employees--including working with outside vendors and institutions?
• Are we prepared to guide employees through the development process?  Does training map to individual capabilities and ambitions?
• Do we have an inventory of our current skills base?  Are we able to identify and fill gaps going forward?
• Do our salespeople have the information and training they need to negotiate at a higher level (value vs. price/discount/volume only)?
• Are our assessment strategies well designed and developed?
• Are we committed to retaining valued employees, even if that means developing new working arrangements and compensation options?

ACTION POINT: People our are greatest resources.  Invest in recruiting, developing and retaining them.