Challenging times require tough decisions, but they do not require that you go at it alone. You have an obligation to protect your brand and reputation. Russell and Van Rook are here to help.
The most important word in every language is "Why".
Company Reorganization
Company reorganizations are not conducted in the dark. Regardless of the triggering event, reorganizing a business is an opportunity for re-invention. As a business, you conduct performance reviews of every employee, ask them to self-evaluate, and tell you what you as the employer could be doing better. While the performance of every little cog is important, how often do you review the performance of the machine as a whole? Year-over-year growth and rosy quarterly reports are nice to have, yet they are not an indicator that your organization is operating at top performance. We conduct comprehensive performance analysis of your entire business processes, units, and employees to identify redundancies, waste, and obsolescence. How well do your processes stack? Does management facilitate or hinder department or associate success?
What are your hiring practices? Do your managers have experience hiring? How do you make sure you are hiring the best talent available, and would they want to work for you? Regardless of the answers do you know why?
Performance is as dependent on the associate's understanding of their role as it is on their knowledge, skill, and experience. Do your associates know what those roles are?
Training without purpose is a waste of everyone's time and your money. Who decides what training is offered? How do you measure the impact any kind of training has on your workforce? How do you quantify the benefits to your organization?
Do your processes only serve the individual departments that created them, or do they serve the entire organization and its mission? Were all stakeholders identified and consulted in the planning phases? Are add-ons real improvements or workarounds for unresolved problems due to lack of willingness, imagination, or money savers?
Investments in the technology sector can be true black holes for budgets. Innovation and obsolescence come hand in hand, but you don't have to own every software on the planet. Do you have the right IT team at the helm for the software you do need?
These are but a few of the hundreds of questions we can help you answer. Contact Russell & Van Rook and ask us why.
Reduction in Workforce
Use our expertise so you can focus on what you do best, running your business and taking care of your customer fasmilies.
As a company you invest in your associates' skills with training. You encourage them to improve their abilities through education, rewarding their creativity, judgement, and wisdom. As an employer you invest in improving the workplace culture. You do this because you know that it makes good business sense and the essence of Human Capital resides inside each person. No company chooses to find itself in this situation of needing to re-duct their workforce, but changes in market conditions and the economy make the choice for you. The one thing you can choose though is a partner with experience, compassion, and the knowledge that with the right support no one's "last day" can't be the first day of better times ahead.
At Russell & Van Rook we are ready to have the difficult conversations. Professionally and diligently we convey information and deliver the materials prepared by our clients to guide transitioning employees through the next steps. We understand that people need to process the shock and many hard emotions following our meetings. That is why Russell and Van Rook has put together a network of dedicated professionals to provide continuing support through digital and analogue services to help through the transition process. Of these include dedicated websites, toll lines, and available State and Federal resources for job searches, training, and education grants.