COURSE DESCRIPTION: Think of a REALLY key player in your organization. If, heaven forbid, that person got hit by a bus, how disruptive would it be? Would customers be affected? What would be the financial impact?
These are tough questions that HR executives need to ask all the time, especially in times like these when organizations are “running lean.” Every employee is at full capacity. Every job is mission critical. Near-zero redundancy is great for preserving cash, but it’s dangerous.
Fact is, you can’t quickly replace extremely valuable employees. Finding the right people takes time and money, and so does training. Not to mention ensuring that new people adopt your values and acquire institutional knowledge –“intangibles” that are very hard to replicate in new hires.
That’s why it’s time to think seriously about job rotation and cross-training, strategies that build redundancy and anticipate unexpected turnover. The obvious benefits are greater stability and lower risk. But it’s also good for your staff, providing development opportunities that increase both morale and retention.
Participants in the program will learn:
- A step-by-step checklist for implementing a job rotation program in your organization
- How to work with managers and individual contributors to “free up” time to learn additional functional skills
- Best practices for evaluating how well your job rotation program is working
- How job rotation and cross-training link to career development and succession planning processes within your organization
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: B. Lynn Ware, Ph.D., is President and CEO of Integral Talent Systems Inc., based in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Ware is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist who has practiced for over twenty five years in the corporate education and organization development field, with a strong focus on how to increase employee productivity for the benefit of achieving strategic execution. Dr. Ware is an experienced talent management practitioner in consumer products, financial services, health care, high tech, manufacturing and retail industries. Dr. Ware is frequently quoted on trends in employee retention and other talent management strategies in numerous publications such as the Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, Network World, and ComputerWorld magazine, and has recently been featured several times on CNN as a national talent management expert.
 HRCI CERTIFICATION: This program has been approved for 1.0 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage.
 MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund your full fee if you’re not satisfied. It's risk-free.
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