Employee Absenteeism Part 1

Simply put, absenteeism is the failure of employees to report for work when they are scheduled to work.  An employee who reports to work late or is not at work as scheduled compromises the delivery of organizational objectives. 

It is essential for all organizations to understand the types and causes of absenteeism and the associated costs and to put a program in place to improve attendance.

  

COST OF ABSENTEEISM

• Decrease in Productivity
• Absent staff place an extra burden on the whole organization
• Time lost in the sourcing and training of new or replacement staff
• Morale and motivation issues can greatly decrease the productivity of staff
• Administrative Costs
• Increased supervisory and administrative costs in the monitoring and management of absenteeism program
• Increased costs associated with hiring replacement staff
• Financial Costs
• Salary costs for new or replacement staff
• Overtime payments
• Medical and insurance costs may increase

TYPES OF ABSENTEEISM

• Culpable
• Employees who are absent for reasons within their control
• Innocent
• Employees who are absent for reasons beyond their control

Until next time...






Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/

Coaching in the Workplace Part 1

Effective coaching skills drive all high-performance organizations. It is essential that managers and human resources professionals learn to encourage coaching in their organizations. We will explore the benefits of coaching and how to design a coaching program.

Benefits of Coaching and Mentoring

• Career development
• Skill development
• Knowledge transfer
• Succession planning
• Employee motivation
• Employee retention 

What is Coaching?

• The art of facilitating the performance, learning and development of another person
• Coach brings out latent potential, encourages coachee
• Usually takes place within the confines of the formal manager-employee relationship
• Initiated and driven by the manager
• Relationship is finite

Until next time...






Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/

The Most Effective Use Of Time Right Now Part 1

Fact 1: People are the most valuable resource an organization can have.
Fact 2: In many cases, people are the most under-utilized resource in an organization.
Fact 3: This under-utilization is in many cases linked to the level of personal productivity.
Fact 4: Personal productivity can be significantly improved in most organizations.

Personal Productivity - Benefits

Benefits accruing to the individual include:

• Increased motivation
• Decreased stress
• Achievement of objectives
• Reward and recognition  

Benefits accruing to the team include:

• Better working environment
• Faster achievement of objectives
• Recognition and reward
• Motivation
• Enhanced teamwork 

Benefits accruing to the organization include:

• Improved productivity
• Lower costs
• Corporate image enhancement
• Happier and more focused employees

Until next time...

Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/

Keeping Score on Organizational Goals

What is the most important factor in a team's success?

A clear and elevating goal!

Research has shown that teams who are successful have clear and compelling goals which become a performance challenge to team members.

It is not only important to have clear and compelling goals, but people must also know how well they are doing in attaining those goals.  Imagine that you go to a basketball game of your favorite team and the announcer says at the start of the game, "Folks, we've decided tonight that we won't keep score.  This game has become too competitive and we want you to sit back and have fun watching the game and enjoying the athleticism of the players!" How would you feel?

People like to know how they're doing. Much of the appeal of sporting events and games would be lost if we did not know the score.

Keeping Score has Three Benefits:
1.  It motivates individual performance
2.  It becomes the basis for analyzing and making improvements.
3.  It helps team members to focus on a common purpose and work together.

Unfortunately, many teams and organizations do not do a good job of keeping score and so lose out on these benefits.

Keeping Score:

• Is how we know how well we are doing
• Must include several complementary measures
• Must be linked to the strategy and objectives of the larger organization
• Must be "owned" by the team

Until next time...






Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/