Saturday, January 8, 2011

Leading Companies Use Ideas to Boost Productivity and Cut Costs


By: Gregory P. Smith

Greg Smith's cutting-edge keynotes, consulting, and training programs have helped businesses reduce turnover, increase sales, hire superior people, and deliver better customer service. As President and founder of Chart Your Course International, He has implemented professional development programs for thousands of organizations globally. Greg has authored eight informative books including Here Today, Here Tomorrow: Transforming Your Workforce from High Turnover to High Retention and 401 Proven Ways to Retain Your Best Employees.

Does anyone have a good idea? I recently returned from speaking at the National Conference of the Society of Human Resource Managers. Because of the slow down in the economy HR executives are looking for new ways to improve productivity and keep costs down. The sad dilemma facing them is many companies who have laid off workers now realize they are less productive than ever before. Employees that got to stay now face doing the work of 2-3 people. Those “survivors” are putting in longer hours now feel alienated and even more mistrustful of management. This is giving them grist of finding jobs elsewhere as soon as the economy improves.


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