How to Energize the Workforce
Channel: Mercer
Date: 2019-02-05

Mercer | https://bit.ly/2t4ZmGB | How to Energize the Workforce with Phillip Ullmann, Chief Energiser at the Cordant Group

We need to change our organizations fundamentally in three ways. Number one, we need to eliminate the hierarchy because the hierarchy crushes initiative. It stops people developing ideas. We need self-managing teams with all the skills within the team, with outside units supporting the decision making by the team. And the key to me is how we enable people to make decisions. We need to trust people. And therefore what I describe as vital, what is an important point here, what I want people to do is make decisions themselves but consult with two groups: with anybody impacted by the decision and anybody who's actually got advice to offer. That energizes people. They feel suddenly, “Wow, I can actually make a difference. I'm a millennial, I don't have to wait 25 years to become an MD. I can actually make a difference straight away.” But these kinds of ideas can actually change and energize the workforce.

 
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