Plan Well & Execute: Take the time to evaluate, grow skills inventory
Cornell Wright
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There are different types of inventory an organization should routinely evaluate, measure and take corrective action on. Equipment, software and vehicles inventories come to mind.
But there’s another important one you should not overlook: A skills inventory is an inventory that deserves continuing management consideration and investment.
A skills inventory can take multiple forms. It could be the skills necessary for a particular activity such as the certifications required for doctors, accountants and other professions. Many professions have to be tested on a periodic basis, to make sure their knowledge is current with the body of knowledge of their profession.
Plan Well & Execute: Make civic engagement a part of your planning
Cornell Wright
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Jonathan Kilgore watches his son Sebastian climb on the new play structure in the playground at Fuller Park in Napa, Calif., Aug. 30, 2019. Jim Roberts and his team of volunteers from the local Kiwanis Club are constructing their 73rd playground at Playground Fantastico park.Hearst file
These are times that have put greater focus on a number of our society’s issues.
During the various economic difficulties over the past year, we have seen customers, communities and municipalities come to the support of and, in some cases, save businesses.
Plan Well & Execute: Trust is key throughout a business operations
Cornell Wright
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Employees work on a dry-type transformer production line at an electrical production factory in Haian, in eastern China s Jiangsu province, Jan. 4, 2021.AFP via Getty Images
Trust is a complex emotion and belief that does not get enough attention in business and political columns.
We all know that trust is important. Let’s look at a few highlights of trust in this time.
Certainly there is a trust that is required between members of your team. Members of your team have to trust that their body of work will result in being compensated fairly for that work. There is a trust element provided to management that organizational policies are being implemented fairly and equitably across the organization.