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Is your business lean enough for 2023?

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Por Victoria Brown

No primeiro blog Ladyboss HR de 2023, Victoria pergunta "Seu negócio é magro o suficiente para 2023?"

Há muita conversa sobre resoluções de ano novo agora, metas para 2023 e todos que conheço parecem estar em algum tipo de chute de saúde.  Estamos todos preocupados com a mancha para estarmos pessoalmente em 2023, mas quantos empresários estão considerando a mancha de seus negócios?  Eu odeio não ter controle sobre uma situação e enfrentar o desconhecido, mas há tantas áreas de negócios que podemos controlar e economizar dinheiro, sem necessariamente esse impacto na prestação de serviços.  Muitos empresários estão pensando em reestruturar seus negócios, para reduzir custos, simplificando processos ou reduzindo o tamanho de partes da empresa.  Sem o planejamento adequado e a atenção aos detalhes, uma reestruturação pode ser problemática; portanto, aqui estão algumas áreas a serem consideradas; É preciso haver uma análise dos pontos fortes e fracos do funcionário atual.  Isso precisa incluir habilidades, competências etc. e depois mapeado contra os planos para o futuro.  É importante identificar se você tem os jogadores certos em campo se quiser ganhar o jogo.  Houve tantas mudanças nas empresas nos últimos anos e muitas vezes as funções de trabalho não evoluíram de acordo.  Você precisa mais desse papel?  O detentor do emprego está em plena capacidade ou o papel pode ser absorvido por outras pessoas ou removido através de melhorias na tecnologia?  Avaliando o design atual do trabalho em relação ao novo proposto é uma etapa importante, pois permite otimizar seus fluxos de trabalho e garantir que cada função esteja adicionando valor máximo.

As business owners I think we can all agree that we anticipate 2023 to be a tough year, due to the economic climate, the energy crisis and the fallout from Brexit and Covid.  I hate not having control over a situation and facing the unknown, but there are so many areas of business that we can take control of and save money, without necessarily this impacting on service delivery.

My advice to clients has been to ensure that their business is running as efficient and productive as it possibly can.  Many business owners are considering restructuring their business, to cut costs by streamlining processes or downsizing parts of the company.  Without proper planning and attention to detail, a restructure may be problematic, so here are some areas to consider;

Employee’s skillset vs Vision for Business

A business needs to be very clear on their competitive position and vision for the future. There then needs to be an analysis of the current employee’s strengths and weaknesses.  This needs to include skills, competencies etc and then mapped against the plans for the future.  It is important to identify if you have the right players on the pitch if you want to win the game.

Job Roles/Job Descriptions

Do the job roles/descriptions match what you are trying to achieve as a business?  There have been so many changes to businesses over recent years and often job roles have not evolved accordingly.  Do you need that role anymore?  Is the job holder at full capacity or could the role be absorbed by other people or removed through improvements in technology?  Evaluating current job design  against the proposed new one is an important step, as it allows you to streamline your workflows and ensure that every role is adding maximum value.

Estrutura organizacional

The above task will determine what changes need to be made to your organisational structure.  A re-structure is not necessarily downsizing your business, it can be a re-allocation of resource, changes in team structures….  It is essential that your organisational structure is aligned to your company mission/vision and business strategy.

Workforce Movement

During the restructuring process you are likely to discover some skills that you do not yet have in the company and some roles and skills that sadly you no longer need.  You therefore may need to consider at this point recruitment needs and indeed redundancy plans.  I would always advise that you follow a stringent redundancy process and if you don’t have the expertise in house to manage this process, then you seek advice from a HR expert.

Communication and re-engagement

Restructuring your business can be challenging for you and your business, but also unsettling for your team.  In the current climate, employees are particularly sensitive to the security of their role.  It is really important that your communication throughout the process is very good.  In addition, there can often be some fall out from employees that you don’t want to lose in the process if you are not careful.  An engagement strategy alongside the change is important.

Se você estiver planejando uma reestrutura/redundâncias e gostaria de obter alguns conselhos e apoio, entre em contato com uma de minha equipe em[email protected] ou ligando para 03301071037

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