Aligning Personal and Business Goals
posted by Chris Wilson at
2:59 PM , Monday, November 9, 2009
It has been a long time since I have opened a novel. I’m the kind who likes to read journals, newspapers, articles on business and so on. What many would consider boring. As my not so friendly friends put it, “Chris, you are putting me to sleep with all that time sheet stuff. LOL.
But I find a lot of value in a lot of what I read. That being said, this week I posted on our twitter account a link to an article I am going to act on with our team. “How to Align Employee and Company Interests”. I found the article really applicable as I want to see our team grow and remain engaged with all things Function Point.
The article from the Harvard Business Review, talks of asking each team member to prepare a list of their top five priorities. Then in review ask three questions:
1) Which of these priorities do you think will have the greatest impact for the firm?
2) Which of these interest them the most?
3) Which would they be the most successful with?
Of course the ultimate outcome would be an alignment where one of the priorities is identified when answering each of these questions. Makes sense, but of course we are all human and the likely hood of this is rather small.
The article continues with process for getting everyone onto the same page. Communication, instilling confidence and aligning interests with responsibilities.
So the long and the short of this is related to my upcoming team member reviews. I am going to follow this suggestion and use it as a starting point for personal engagement with each of us in the office.
I am a big believer that the small things that we do today makes a big difference tomorrow, next week and in the next quarter.
With all the great successes we have been having lately I can say the team is doing great work. I feel privileged and can only express how the team at Function Point has never been stronger and more able to move our customers, our product and their own careers forward.
My Gosh, I was just handed a hard cover! The age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture by Terry O’Reilly and Mike Tennant. Something bigger than an article yet related to my passions. I'll read on...
Thanks Jane
Chris
But I find a lot of value in a lot of what I read. That being said, this week I posted on our twitter account a link to an article I am going to act on with our team. “How to Align Employee and Company Interests”. I found the article really applicable as I want to see our team grow and remain engaged with all things Function Point.
The article from the Harvard Business Review, talks of asking each team member to prepare a list of their top five priorities. Then in review ask three questions:
1) Which of these priorities do you think will have the greatest impact for the firm?
2) Which of these interest them the most?
3) Which would they be the most successful with?
Of course the ultimate outcome would be an alignment where one of the priorities is identified when answering each of these questions. Makes sense, but of course we are all human and the likely hood of this is rather small.
The article continues with process for getting everyone onto the same page. Communication, instilling confidence and aligning interests with responsibilities.
So the long and the short of this is related to my upcoming team member reviews. I am going to follow this suggestion and use it as a starting point for personal engagement with each of us in the office.
I am a big believer that the small things that we do today makes a big difference tomorrow, next week and in the next quarter.
With all the great successes we have been having lately I can say the team is doing great work. I feel privileged and can only express how the team at Function Point has never been stronger and more able to move our customers, our product and their own careers forward.
My Gosh, I was just handed a hard cover! The age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture by Terry O’Reilly and Mike Tennant. Something bigger than an article yet related to my passions. I'll read on...
Thanks Jane
Chris
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