I want to follow up yesterday's post Fixing Tomorrow's Problems With Yesterday's Ideas as I have received some concerns by email.
What I was referring to yesterday is how we hire, manage, communicate and build workable cultures has changed from 30 years ago. Unfortunately companies are still hiring, managing, communicating and are not making any adjustments to culture any different than 30 years ago and yet are throwing their hands up in the air and complaining about turnover, poor retention, absenteeism, lack of loyalty, poor engagement, poor work ethic and a terrible entitlement mentality in their employees.
They are lost for answers and end up hiring outside consultants who also still employ 30 year old philosophies.
We are in the information age but no one seems to want to do the work to keep current or to read anything for fear that they might have to make changes to how they do things.
The key to building better workplaces is NOT in reacting to changes in the marketplace but in being AHEAD of those changes. That requires a commitment to learning and a commitment to keeping current.
Sadly, most will say they don't have the time to keep current - but apparently they have all the time in the world to complain about it.
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