As an employer, you know your product, service, market and customers. But sometimes one of the most challenging aspects of operating a business is employees.
Finding the right employees can always prove troubling for organisations and then there's the ability to hang on to them.
In this presentation for CeBIT Australia 2014, Workible Co-Founder Alli Baker explores some of the latest tips, tricks and tools to find the best staff and ensure that you keep them.
Copyright Alli Baker 2014.
11. Workible
‘[WoW] takes exactly the same skill set people will need more of in the
future to collaborate on work projects. [And] The kids are already doing it.’
— Rob Carter, CIO at FedEx
14. How to find the Right People with the Right Skills Workible
Know Yourself &
Know Who You Want
15. Define your cultural DNA:
Pick 3/4 attributes most critical to your success
• Honest
• Performance-focused
• Accountable and owner-like
• Collaborative
• Agile and adaptive
• Innovative
• Oriented toward winning
16. Workible
“Taking the lead in prioritising and managing efforts to deliver on company goals.”
Test Technique: Give candidates a list of company to do’s to prioritize them in an order that will ensure success.
Example:
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18. How to find the Right People with the Right Skills Workible
Use Your Peripherals
28. Workible
Interviewing
Tips
• Structure the Interviewing Process & Stick to It
• Challenge but Don’t Interrogate
• Don’t Make a Decision on The Spot
• Throw Them into a Situation and Observe
• Don’t Make a Decision on The Spot
• Don’t Give False Hope
• Don’t Hire Just Anyone
29. How to Keep Good Staff Workible
Focus on Results
30. Workible
‘In a ROWE, each person is free to do whatever they want,
whenever they want, as long as the work gets done... the old
rules that govern a traditional work environment — core
hours, “face time,” pointless meetings, etc. — have been
replaced by one rule: focus only on results.’
— Cali Ressler, Co-Founders of CultureRx and the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)
31. How to Keep Good Staff Workible
Busy does not mean
Productive
32. Workible
By the time a century has passed,
developed societies will be able to
replace work with leisure thanks to
widespread wealth and surplus.
— John Maynard Keynes, 1930
34. Workible
Tips to Combat
Employee Overwhelm
• Avoid “Workday Creep”
• Don’t Acknowlege “Busy” as a
Badge of Honour
• Encourage Delegation and Small,
Agile Teams
• Set Realistic Expectations
• Simplify HR practices and employee
systems
• Lead by Example
45. Workible
"In order that people may be happy in their
work, these three things are needed: They must
be fit for it. They must not do too much of it.
And they must have a sense of success in it."
— John Ruskin, English Writer (1819-1900)