CRITERIA for a SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION

OPENESS & FAIRNESS:

  • Have very few management layers and management perks.
  • Promote, live and be a community example for workforce diversity.
  • Open and ongoing two-way communication and accessibility.
  • Empower and involve team members.
  • Have user friendly, proactive, fair and published "people" policies.
  • Have a suggestion/input program with follow up.
  • Have a visible and team member friendly problem (grievance) system with rapid follow up and resolution.

 

JOB SECURITY & EQUITY:

  • If layoffs or cutbacks become necessary, be generous and conduct them with grace, equity and dignity. Reduce expenses at the top before any layoffs.

 

OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Post all openings and promote from within whenever possible.
  • Offer training/ development programs and sabbaticals.
  • "Grow your own" to develop your team members for hard to fill positions.
  • Encourage and recognize community involvement.

 

COMPENSATION:

  • Offer open and competitive, yet cost effective compensation and benefits.
  • Offer family friendly benefits and work schedules.
  • Recognize individual and team excellence via financial and nonfinancial rewards and share the organizational successes.
  • Implement skill based pay programs.

 

COMARADERIE/FREINDSHIP/SUPPORT:

  • Create, support and maintain a family and team environment.
  • Maintain an environment that fosters and nurtures team member trust and respect for each other.

 

PRIDE IN THE ORGANIZATION & SERVICE EXCELLENCE:

  • Create pride in the organization and treat team members as stakeholders
  • Recognize and reward service excellence.
  • Continually celebrate the heroes.


WHAT ATTRACTS TO AND RETAINS POTENTIAL ASSOCIATES TO ORGANIZATIONS:

  • Commitment to team member continued development and growth.
  • Opportunity for input, involvement .i.e… empowerment.
  • Flexible and creative work schedules.
  • Opportunity to take risks and fail.
  • Opportunity to assist the organization in growing.
  • Mentors.
  • Challenging positions and work assignments.
  • Equitable compensation including rewarding and recognizing performance excellence, i.e., competitive pay and benefits and bonus/incentive (individual and team) opportunity.
  • Few titles and layers of management.
  • Non-monetary recognition of accomplishments and efforts.
  • Family friendly environment and benefits.
  • Organizational teamwork encouraged and developed.
  • Opportunity to become a "stakeholder".



Alander Consulting • 1406 Nance Ave. • Tampa, Fl 33606
Phone: 813-250-9867 • Fax: 813-251-2361 • E-Mail: ralande@tampabay.rr.com