reinventing the workplace for 21st century
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Ignite Talent, Energize Work
Reinventing the Workplace for 21st Century
to Deliver Super Performance We have entered the new era where there are many competitors, knowledge workers, bigger customer base and new opportunities. Here everyone expects us to deliver more with less. Why Reinvent? We should think differently to tackle new challenges such as increasing number of unhappy employees, information overload, talent scarcity, disconnected virtual office, long learning curve and old style of management. Email based communication and controlled top-down management are thing of the past. There is some level of rigidity in embracing holistic approach. How to Reinvent? Delivering super performance is a possibility only when inefficiencies are eliminated, new thinking is embraced to address new age challenges and employees are engaged to learn and work without stress. The Five Steps to Reinvent Your Workplace for 21st Century
1. Empower the Workforce to Self-Manage
Leverage subject matter expertise to curate and build knowledge base. Deliver right knowledge to right person to easily learn, perform and respond to customers. Power the workforce with right tools to navigate to relevant knowledge, effectively communicate and work. Managers energized by scientific management can drive high employee engagement and performance. 2. Socialize Learning and Business
Drive easy workforce collaboration, harness the power of collective potential and eliminate duplication. Connect employees, customers and partners to understand better. Delight your customers and partners with self-support knowledge base, quick and quality expert interaction. 3. Become Agile by Democratizing Innovation
Organizations lethargic to learn and change cannot survive. Change is inevitable. Management should look within to identify outdated approaches and address them on time. Democratize innovation by encouraging, capturing ideas across the organization and implementing right ideas. Create agile organization to continuously learn, grow and lead.
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4. Ignite Workforce through Personal Talent Management
Talent, skills gap and career desire are unique to each individual. Redefine HR and avoid rote learning approach to address talent scarcity and low employability. Ignite your workforce with personal knowledge, learning, talent and brand management. Help them gain visibility and learn in line with their career ambitions. Facilitate self-awareness and self-development. 5. Simplify Work and Performance Management
New generation knowledge workers have different mindset and customers have high expectations. Redefine the best practices, integrate and converge to eradicate complexities. Help your workforce with innovative tools to painlessly manage tasks and automatically suggest right knowledge to perform the tasks. Facilitate self performance management to gain insight using personal scorecard, identify progress and take timely decision. Do not wait till the year end to discover your performance and gap areas. Conclusion Workforce deserves stress-free learning and working environment. Empower them to take control of their career, learning and work for taking your organization to great heights. As Andy Grove says, “Only paranoids can survive”. Constantly look within, reinvent the workplace and make yourself relevant in 21st century. If you are managing small business, stop struggling with inadequate resources. Start managing and grow your baby smartly. If you are in large enterprise, help evolve and energize the elephant to run like a cheetah. By Lakshman Pillai A Founder and CEO of Lpcube Systems – a Workplace Transformation Company www.lpcube.com Chief Architect of Smipio Software www.smipio.com
To know more about the author, visit http://www.lpcube.com/lakshmanpillai