Common Mistakes That Strategic Staffing Can Help You Avoid
Many organizations encounter significant problems when they plan and implement downsizing from a purely short-term (or financial) perspective. Here are some examples of common mistakes that companies often make when staffing reductions are needed.
Reductions Do Not Consider Future Skills Requirements
Organizations often base their staff reduction decisions on performance (e.g., through forced ranking based on current performance), tenure, or analyses of the current skills and capabilities of staff—none of which consider the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future. Companies that use these criteria often make two separate, but related, mistakes. First, they often end ...
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