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People Don’t Leave Organizations… They Leave Managers
It’s common knowledge and backed by research that people don’t leave organizations but people leave managers. Extensive research of exit interviews across organizations cite different reasons for a person leaving, but when you dig deeper, most often than not it has been related to a bad experience with a manager. Of course it would be completely wrong to put the blame on the plate of the managers, but it does help to take some pointers on what issues can potentially raise conflict with your staff. The list below is just some of my personal learning’s after talking to various people in the industry over the years on expectations from their boss. Most often than not most of the cribs I have heard from people center around the points below. LinkedIn Poll: ‘Would you recommend your current company as a great place to work?’
I just took a LinkedIn poll ‘Would you recommend your current company as a great place to work?’ and results were quite interesting and bit surprising to me. I wonder if these results would be different if we weren’t in a recession. Maybe employees are appreciating their employers more under tough times. I am also curious if we were to plot job security in comparison, we probably would have inverse results here. Interesting times when job security is low and employee satisfaction is high. If i was in the head hunting business this probably wouldn’t be great news for me. More details on the results are available here. The charts give data by seniority, age, gender, job function and company size. No surprises that more senior staff and smaller business employees have rated their employers higher than the rest. It maybe a good idea for organizations to get data from linkedIn and see how their own employees have voted with respect to rest of the industry. Employee Confidence Index headed down?
A few days back i participated in the monthly ECI index survey conducted by Jobstreet.com. The JobStreet ECI is a measure of a jobseeker’s confidence in finding a job within the Singapore market. It ranges from zero (very poor) to 100 (very good). It’s not surprising that the index is showing a decline in the tough economic conditions we are in. The October figures are not yet published by jobstreet but i got an instant preview after the survey on where its headed. Current ratings suggest it will dip below 50.
So people its time to tighten our belts and work hard to keep our jobs. Some random conversations with head hunters suggest that people are hanging on to their jobs and don’t want to make any job moves. Everybody remembers the lesson ‘Last to come but first to go’.
So people its time to tighten our belts and work hard to keep our jobs. Some random conversations with head hunters suggest that people are hanging on to their jobs and don’t want to make any job moves. Everybody remembers the lesson ‘Last to come but first to go’.
Playing it Safe?
A question that was asked today in my LinkedIn network – Do we really need to play safe in organisations? So i decided to post my response back here as well.My immediate response to a question like this is, take the risk if your inherent personality is that of a risk taker. If you curtail that natural instinct then it will bring in frustration eventually. Some people call it a gut feeling and at times it very strong in some people. So resisting risk taking is like not using a gift given to you. Not all people have that overwhelming urge or courage to take risk and it’s not meant for everybody. But it also boils down to the organization that you work for. I have seen open culture organizations and some not so open. If you are a risk taker then no point working in an organization whose mantra is ‘play it safe’. Bottom line is Go for it and if the org is not conducive to it then move out and search something that gels with your philosophy. My personal philosophy is ‘if God gives you dreams and visions then he also gives you courage to go for it’. Induction Session with Symbiosis Telecom Management Students
I was asked to share my experiences from the IT industry with first year Telecom Management students. Following are some excerpts from the session.
- Blow your own trumpet but don’t go out of tune.
- Stick to your commitments and deadlines.
- Work smart and work hard.
- Have top management recall.
- Don’t stick by stated KRA’s only, explore other areas of work that you can do.
