We've all heard of orientation programs for recent employees. It can be helpful to have similar programs for all employees. New teams emerge, priorities shift, and vague challenges lurk. The chemistry that had things popping two years ago is no longer potent. People begin to feel as if they can't get their arms around how the place works and they are embarrassed to ask things that are presumed to be common knowledge.
It makes sense to get people together for periodic discussions about what they do, how it affects others, and how they perceive the overall mission. Clarify just how the place operates. Believe me, they'll appreciate it and you may smoke out some serious communication and coordination gaps.
2 comments:
Years ago at my first employer post Navy I sensed we needed what you described for the same reasons. I got a team together… we called it "Day of Renewal" and we did it once a month starting with the most tenured. It was wildly successful. Took a lot of work. E.
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That's a great name for it.
Michael
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