Gallup research over the past 30 years has shown that many companies suffer from low productivity not because they lack talented people, but because they do not do a very good job of matching the right talents to the right positions. It has been said that people are like icebergs . And what isn't understood is hard to change or manage. The way to increase employee performance and satisfaction is to understand the relative match or mismatch between the Total Person and the Total Job . This can apply to individual employees, managers, supervisors, or the company president.
Assessment forms the foundation for meaningful understanding and change.
Conduct a web-based employee satisfaction survey 3. Use the information to develop strategies for increasing individual and organizational performance and satisfaction 5. Create specific measurable goals and objectives 6. In the past, to build successful teams I have always looked for individuals who were highly intelligent and highly motivated. I have found success to be more highly correlated to fit on the team than to past experience.