What are your options? In this section we look at just some of the alternatives to the issues you face. What are some of the approaches you can take to begin to improve the capability of your organization to respond to the marketplace and the people you employ?
Different size organizations face different kinds of challenges. Each has significant trials that frustrate and prevent them from achieving all they desire. Still all organizations face many of the same issues but at a different scale. The frustration comes because no one has all the time, energy, people, money and resources to solve everything all at once. It is a question of priorities. Which should we deal with first?
We have identified what has confronted some others before with similar concerns as yours. You are not alone and you are not the first to face these problems. That does not mean they aren’t real or significant to you. They are.
As you examine the HR and Business issues you find throughout this site, you can click on the Headline or Challenge icon and have it entered into the area to your right called – Your Challenges Checklist. If you do not see your issue identified, put it down in a few brief words and we will talk.
We want to help you make the right decisions that are best for your organization. Putting a topic into the Challenges Checklist means only that you are interested in exploring the possibilities and gathering the facts you need. The Challenges Checklist gives us the format to discover what could be done when the time is right.
Small businesses and organizations: from 1 - 49 employees
- Your Issues
- You are an owner of your business or run a division or a small not-for-profit organization.
- You have a lot on your plate – running the business; managing the finances; finding your clients and customers; and managing the people who work for you.
- There just does not seem to be enough hours in the day.
- It would be very expensive to have your own Human Resource and Planning department and yet the time you are spending managing your staff takes up more and more of your time.
- A few Options:
- You want to keep it simple and inexpensive. Still you want access to the services you need when you need it.
- A dependable source of supply to help you hire, train, and retain your employees;
- It could be a quick question when those sticky issues come up or creating a new employee handbook or figuring out how to hire a new person or letting go a person that is just not working out.
- You want to reduce the administrative payroll expenses that seem to keep growing.
- Or if you are looking to grow your business and want to build the human systems to integrate with your operational, financial and marketing systems.
- You have all the people issues a big company has but you don’t have the confidence, internal skills, or resources to get it done the right way.
- We want to make it easy for you to find the right information to make the right decisions for you.
Mid-size businesses and organizations: 50 - 300 employees
- Your Issues:
- You have grown your business and organization into a vibrant and on-going enterprise. There are a lot of things that are going right. There is more to do.
- You have some employees that are really great people, and you are fortunate to have them on your team. They are loyal now but you are concerned you cannot retain them. There are always opportunities out in the marketplace for good talent.
- Some employees are not so good and you fear they are holding you back from accomplishing all you want to achieve.
- You have to do something, but you are not exactly sure what.
- You have built:
- The operating system to run your business;
- The financial system to manage your dollars;
- The marketing and sales systems to find your customers;
- You have yet to really build the “human” systems.
- A few Options:
- Working with your existing HR team and adding those one or two ideas that will take you to the next higher level.
- Retaining a part time HR Director to pull it all together with your existing team;
- Out-sourcing your HR department to lower your internal costs and deliver the service to your staff;
- Working on that one project that never seems to get done. Go to Your HR Toolkit and the Human Resource Help Desk and describe the project you want to accomplish.
Large businesses and organizations: 301 + employees
- Your Issues:
- You have an experienced HR staff that is doing their jobs well.
- You have special projects to get done
- A few Options:
- Creating Engaged Employees and Workforce
- Building a Talent Management Program and Career Counseling Process
- Succession Planning
(Finding the next leaders for your business) - Leadership Development and Coaching
- Supervisory Training
(Transforming a supervisor from a Manager to a Leader) - Team Building
(The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team) - Customer Service
(Creating Raving Fans; 5 Steps to Friendliness and Great Customer Service) - Business Planning for your company or division
- Creating a new performance review process
(Performance Development Plan) - Compensation and Salary Review
- Enhancing your Selection and Hiring program
(8 Steps to a First Class Selection System) - Delivering training programs as part of your internal “university” or training center. What training programs are you looking to do? Go to Your HR Toolkit and the Human Resource Help Desk and describe the training you want to accomplish.