Sheri Mazurek wrote a brief piece at the Free Manamgement Library urging leaders to not jump to conclusions about their processes and systems in-place at the workplace. Rather, when something happens that casts these systems into doubt, we should slow down and take the time to analyze the situation at hand before proceeding to a course of action.
Below are some questions business and HR professionals can ask themselves about their processes before taking any action.
- “Are they being followed in some areas and not others?
- Do we have better results in the areas where they are being followed?
- And if we find through our analysis that the system needs change, do we have to start over or do we just need to make a few tweaks?”