Layoffs Based on Better Criteria
In economic tough times, which employees get to keep their jobs? Layoffs have traditionally aimed at employees with little seniority. Or maybe senior employees who are at the top of their pay scale.
Now, performance is what counts. And not just performing job tasks, all of the things that need doing, but actually accomplishing job results. “I did everything you told me to do, boss.” “But you missed opportunities here, and here, and here. You didn’t look up from your job duties and see the big picture.”
Organizations need employees who see where their job fits in terms of the larger scheme. “That’s not my job” is definitely out.
Organizations can teach employees to think more broadly by focusing jobs on the RESULTS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED and then specifying the duties that must be performed in order to accomplish the results.
What a wonderful basis for a performance appraisal.