Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed to Do..

By: Gireesh Sharma
Date: June 17th, 2008

The interesting title of this post in indeed title of a book Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed to Do and What to Do About It by Ferdinand F. Fournies, where he reveals the findings of a research done on this subject.

The reasons that he listed are:

1. They Don’t Know Why They Should Do It
2. They Don’t Know How To Do It
3. They Don’t Know What They Are Supposed To Do
4. They Think Your Way Will Not Work
5. They Think Their Way Is Better
6. They Think Something Else Is More Important
7. There Is No Positive Consequence to Them for Doing It
8. They Think They Are Doing It
9. They Are Rewarded for Not Doing It
10. They Are Punished for Doing What They Are Supposed To Do
11. They Anticipate a Negative Consequence for Doing It
12. There Is No Negative Consequence to Them for Poor Performance
13. Obstacles Beyond Their Control
14. Their Personal Limits Prevent Them from Performing
15. Personal Problems
16. No One Could Do It

[Source: http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/4255-9.html]

Many of the issues discussed above are related to employee engagement level at the job. It is important for the leadership in any organizational to align the objectives of employees to its corporate objectives. Individual Employee goals should be linked with corporate objectives related to finance, customer, internal improvements & other strategic parameters. This will ensure that employees are engaged in productive tasks most of the time while they are at job. For medium to large organization it can be done only with help of a Organization Alignment Tool, which can help you to create a focused organization: all looking in the same direction.

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Never Give Up

By: Gireesh Sharma
Date: June 16th, 2008

We always read in good books – Never give up.

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Setting SMART Goals is the key to engage workforce

By: Gireesh Sharma
Date: June 15th, 2008

Here is an exemplary story about a swimmer who set a world record in swimming:

“When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.

Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.

On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense she could hardly see her support boats. Sharks cruised toward her lone figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots. Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on – hour after hour – while millions watched on national television.

Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had . . . until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out. Still thawing her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not fatigue or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.

Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing the men’s record by two hours!”

The moral of the story is that a clear vision about your goals is necessary to achieve your target.

This story is equally true when applied to human resources management. Giving employees a clear description of the goals (in form of a written Goal Sheet) can help them to achieve their individual and organizational targets.

Goal Setting and Tracking not only helps organizations in tracking employee’s progress but also helps employees in understanding what they are supposed to achieve, how to achieve it and how much they have achieved it. A well defined Goal Sheet should have goals, targets, tasks and measures required to achieve a goal. Goal sheet should be in a written form available to employees through intranet/ internet which allows them to refer back to their goals and targets often; and report to their manager about the progress against goals, so both employee and manager know how much their team has achieved. Click to view an example of Goal Setting and Tracking.

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Welcome to Talent Junction

By: Talent Junction
Date: June 14th, 2008

Hi All,

Welcome to Talent Junction – a blog by Saigun Technologies to blog ideas for Human Resources.

The blog focuses on performance management, talent management, HR best practices in organizations, technology in HR management and other key issues in HR domain.

You can find many interesting things over here. Thanks for visiting Talent Junction.

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EmpTrack On-Demand Human Capital and Talent Management Software

By: Gireesh Sharma
Date: March 16th, 2008

EmpTrack is a very popular On-Demand Human Capital and Talent Management Software.

EmpTrack is a unique web-based Global HR product that covers all aspects of an employees life cycle in an organization – right from Recruitment, On-boarding, Payrolls, Self Services, Performance Management and Training. EmpTrack provides strategic inputs to the organization through a comprehensive database (HRIS) and also provides Manpower Planning, Succession Planning, Competency Gap Analysis, Compensation Management and Surveys. Over 250 configurable reports and graphical analytics in EmpTrack provide valuable inputs to all levels of management and HR Departments for critical decision making.

While EmpTrack features are the most indepth, EmpTrack is known for its capabilities to customize EmpTrack to meet your exact requirements. Whether it is Appraisal workflows, Payroll processing or specific reports, EmpTrack can meet your needs in tight timelines with extremely low overheads.

There are 5 Editions of EmpTrack, each one designed to meet a specific HR need. Our product range provides solutions to organizations of all sizes. Whether you are a startup of 20 employees or an enterprise with thousands of employees, EmpTrack can empower your Human Resource Management.

EmpTrack is a user-friendly web-based software which can be accessed anywhere and anytime from any computer connected to Internet or your business Intranet (depending on your hosting choice). The pricing model of EmpXtrack is very flexible allowing you to pay according to number of employees in your company and the features being used.

Editions of EmpTrack

EmpTrack Starter Edition
EmpTrack Professional Edition
EmpTrack Performance Edition
EmpTrack Recruitment Edition
EmpTrack Enterprise Edition

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