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THREE REASONS WHY JOB INPUT IS ESSENTIAL

Jody Urquhart

THREE REASONS

WHY JOB INPUT IS ESSENTIAL

Judy Urquhart

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THREE REASONS WHY JOB INPUT IS ESSENTIAL

Reason #1: Low Job Input =

An Inflexible Workforce

Embracing Change Requires Say If a business is set up with strong, tight

procedures (i.e. Do only as the policy book says), allowing little flexibility and

input, then it will only do well as long as the circumstances appropriate to those

procedures remain unchanged (which is never). Introduce change, and people

become a critical factor.

When their jobs require response to changing circumstances, employees must

be already well acquainted with thinking creatively and practiced in making quick

decisions. The change shouldn’t happen to employees; it should happen with

them. Since they are on the front lines, employees need to feel included in the

change.

Reason #2: Low Job Input = Low Morale

Do You Love the Job You’re With?

Organizations make it hard to “love the job you’re with” when they keep denying

the strength of input from their employees. They end up with an unmotivated

staff that shows up for work thinking, “ho hum another day.” A truly successful

organization cannot afford to have uninspired, uninvolved employees working

solely for a paycheck. A disengaged workforce will contribute a bare minimum

effort. In such a work environment, employees make careless and unnecessary

mistakes: trust is low; negativity and turnover are high.

Employees will be so busy reacting to what they anticipate their manager wants

that their overall effectiveness is diluted.

How can you motivate a workforce when its morale is low? Engage them. Every

individual craves whole participation on the job, and that includes their thoughts,

feelings and suggestions.

Reason #3: Low Job Input

Low Commitment = High Turnover

The Commitment Conundrum Job turnover represents one of the major

expenditures of organizations today. It costs anywhere from $4,000 to $70,000 to

hire and train a new employee. Fortun Magazine’s 2003 report on America’s top

employers says evethough the economy is shifting into low gear, the labor market

is still stable, even at companies where a high number of service workers or

manual laborers are employed. It is an employees’ market, especially for those

who are skilled. People find jobs that temporarily fit their needs, and if they don’t

feel their skills or input are utilized or if they can get paid better elsewhere, they

will move. It’s a commitment conundrum with employees continually wondering,

“Is this job a one-night stand, a quick buck, or is it a life calling?”

It is simply easier to be committed and engaged in an organization that respects

your ideas and values your opinion.

This is a small part of the book “All work and no say” by Jody Urquhart. You can

go through the whole book by visiting: All work and no say by Jody Urquhart

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