When it comes to growing your organisation quickly, getting the people piece right is vital. Without it, unwanted behaviours can quickly permeate the organisation, disrupting productivity and compromising the company’s ultimate success. As an HR professional with over 30 years experience I’ve seen first hand how quickly fast-growing companies, full of potential, fall when they don’t invest in building the right people and management structures necessary to support rapid growth. Consumed with the busyness of marketing, fulfilling sales and securing future investment, I’ve found that the majority of C-suite executives often overlook this piece, assuming that strained communications and staff conflicts, are just part of business. When actually they are not. And they are costing the company greatly. In my book ‘FIRE WELL: How To Fire Staff So They Thank You’ I outline how to negotiate the toughest feedback scenarios giving managers the confidence to handle difficult conversations and obtain the behaviours they need from their team. However, these issues are easily avoidable if you do the groundwork first. Fail to do so and directors will continually find themselves pulled in to resolve disputes that the line manager, the person they hired for the task, should have been able to solve. Getting the people piece right involves publicly reinforcing the types of behaviours identified for success. Doing so will create the standards needed for staff to achieve and be held accountable to. And for staff that can’t or don’t improve it becomes clear to all that they need to move on.… freeing you to hire well next time. If you’re an ambitious CEO or manager frustrated by people disruptions, I invite you to get in touch. I’ll be more than happy to listen to what you’re experiencing and offer a solution. To your success. #management☏ 07734 944 515✉ sue@conversewell.com
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