This is the time of year when the turkey is a recent plump memory, the mince pies are all gone, the Christmas recycling is on an industrial-scale, and the champagne is in the fridge ready to bring in the New Year.
A question I usually ask myself is What will I Stop, Start and Continue doing the following year?
I find this is a useful exercise to carry out both personally and professionally.
So why not get some of that old Christmas present wrapping paper out, write down those activities and ask yourself the following :
What activities will I Stop doing ?
By this, I don’t mean the post-Christmas detox activities, like drinking horrible tea and running round the block. In a work context, list the activities and ask yourself – what would happen if you stopped doing this?
This is your New Year spring clean, clearing out the clutter to free up space to focus on better things.
So once you have done this, and crossed out a chunk of activities, (you will still need to pay people, so payroll stays on the Continue list, nice try!). Of course, most of what you do is valuable so will stay on the Continue list.
Now the fun bit, you have now created some space and energy, so think about What are the activities that you will Start doing in 2013 ?
Download our Stop, Start, Continue Worksheet below:
Here are some of our HR candidates to consider Stop and Start doing in 2013, we look forward to hearing yours.
HR Candidates to STOP
1. The Annual Performance review – is this a meaningless paper chain, with low-value conversations with no discernible increase in productivity? If so, then dump it.
2. Engagement Survey and Action Plan. Can you really demonstrate that this activity improves productivity, happiness or just improves the survey results every year? Cause and effect is too difficult to discern, so is time to do something more effective instead?
3. Doing ‘line-managers work’ with basic employee performance issues. You have rolled out the training, had a ‘hand-holding period’ of 6 months to help less confident managers. Is now the time to take the hard decision and ask yourselves, if a Line Manager can’t do this now, then do they need to move on?
4. Creating reports that add no value whatsoever. Unless there is a business reason, stop producing them and see what happens…
HR Candidates to START
1. Conduct a “meaningful work” review. Ensure every employee understands how their work fits into the "Why" of your organisation. Get this right and you will have much more productivity, satisfaction and better results than putting free fresh fruit in the canteen!
2. Review your HR Strategy to ensure it aligns with the latest Organisation Strategy (which has the habit of changing every quarter)
3. Conduct a HR Assessment – do you know how much it costs to delivery your HR Services, compared to leading outsourcers or even your competitors?
4. Check the HR Technology market for Talent Management tools and ditch those awful spreadsheets.
5. Make more of an effort with Finance and IT…you will always need them, they will always need you…..surprise the CFO and take them out to dinner.
6. Find out what your Managers really think about HR service – conduct a HR Importance vs Effectiveness Survey to help you hone in on what the priorities should be in 2013.
7. Ring up your HR Transformation Consultant to help you set-up a successful HR Change Programme in 2013
Whatever you Stop, Start and Continue in 2013, I hope it is a happy and prosperous year for you professionally and personally.
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