Thursday, March 26, 2009

Strategic Leadership in the Turbulent Environment: The People Management Perspective

Dear Students,

NIPM (National Institute of Personnel Management) recently deliberated on the above subject in a CEO's Conclave and the following points emerged therein:
  • Improvement of communication to promote leadership courage and conviction by weaving a story of success.
  • Removing the sense of panic/fear/scare.
  • Keeping the morale of the employee high.
  • Ensuring leadership is felt/focused in all operations-HR preparedness.
  • Cutting down hiring/wage costs as a symbolic measure.
  • Restricting international mobility-resorting to video/teleconferencing.
  • Aligning right people for the right work.
  • Promoting creativity/innovation-people dimension.
  • Keeping the long-term strategic HR planning/vision intact.
  • Organizing/Training/Retraining so as to make it more useful for production.
  • Efficiently deploying manpower/assets.
  • Introducing productivity/performance linked incentive scheme-giving rewards, recognition and benefits.
  • Increasing per capita productivity of the employee-(Output per hour worked).
  • Organizing training/workshop for non-performing blue-collar workers.
  • Trying to decline "absenteeism" to a zero level.
  • Engaging People through cross-functional teams.
  • Injecting Talent & Succession Planning.
  • Hiring talent otherwise unavailable based on reality and optimism.
  • Becoming a True Human Being.

So, check on the above while you are at work.

Best wishes,

Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyay
(Globsyn Business School)

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