The key to
success in any endeavor is measurement. Nowhere is this more important
than in the management and utilization of human resources. Put the experience
of Powers Consulting to work with the following services:
Human Resource Practices Audit
One of the
most costly mistakes often made by well-intentioned executives is to
plunge headfirst into seminars, training programs, and policy overhauls
that are based solely on the assumption that they are needed. All too
often, time and money are put into areas of strength, only to have other
areas become the hotspots.
Powers Consulting
recommends that most organizations begin with a comprehensive audit
of their Human Resources practices, policies, and procedures. Our consultants
use a combination of interviews, survey instruments, and a detailed
review of existing documentation to determine exactly what needs to
be addressed. More importantly, these needs are prioritized to allow
a company to establish a plan to address them in a meaningful sequence.
Furthermore, this approach allows individual seminars and training programs
to be customized for maximum applicability to the company's environment.
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Job Analysis and Description
The most
critical set of documents in any organization is the Job Descriptions
that describe the accountabilities of every position. Ironically, this
is one of the most frequently neglected areas of human resource management.
Powers Consulting will assist in the development of true accountability-based
Job Descriptions that will be powerful tools to support compensation,
training, performance measurement and results-oriented management.
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Training Needs Analysis
Training
represents a large part of every company's manpower budget, yet rarely
do managers and executives allocate these resources based upon actual
training needs. Powers Consulting will conduct an audit and analysis
of a client's training to determine where these needs lie. This assessment
will also provide the means of evaluating the effectiveness of the training
programs designed to fill those needs.
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Organizational Climate Analysis
What are
your employees thinking? How do they feel about their jobs, their workplace,
their co-workers, and their superiors? Do you care? Should you care?
The climate of an organization is a critical factor in the productivity
and quality of the work that people perform. It is a determining factor
in the retention of valuable employees. Knowing and understanding what
issues are of concern to workers can be a powerful management tool,
but unskilled attempts to assess these concerns can be highly destructive
to an organization. The experience of Powers Consulting can provide
the best way to measure the climate in an organization and use that
information in a positive, constructive manner.
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Diversity Audit
Prior to
beginning any effort, management needs to determine the organization's
current strengths as well as the obstacles to overcome in creating an
environment that values the diversity of its workforce. Powers Consulting
will provide an assessment of the climate of readiness for a diversity
initiative. These findings can be compared to the results from an Organization
Climate Survey, and later can serve as one of the measurement tools
to evaluate and document the progress towards goals in this area.
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360° Feedback
Often executives
and managers fail because they repeat earlier mistakes, have not developed
insight into their weaknesses or have not developed skills for success.
An understanding of a person's behavior provides insight to pinpoint
developmental areas. "Benchmarks" and other 360° feedback tools provide
useful feedback and information on the degree of alignment between an
individual's behavior and organizational goals. These techniques provide
guidelines to help in planning an individual's development and identifying
areas which need strengthening. Powers Consulting will assess leaders,
provide feedback and information, recommend a developmental plan and
provide coaching to implement the plan.
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Competency Assessment and Modeling
The competitive
edge rests in having the right people doing the right job, but how do
companies know what skills are most critical and how do they assess
the leadership skills of their people to stay competitive? Powers Consulting
can provide a client with competency modeling, this tool enables companies
to identify the skills that are best suited to their success. The company
can then create a structure that enables hiring the right people, developing
them, and building performance management and incentives to retain key
people.
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Applicant Recruitment and Screening
One of the
greatest challenges facing any organization is finding the right people.
All too often, hiring decisions are made based on something other than
the facts - "gut feel" or the "seat-of-the-pants" method. At all levels,
the recruiting and selection process offers the potential for both success
and disaster. Mistakes can be costly in many ways. Powers Consulting
offers a wide variety of services in this area. We can develop screening
programs to target specific performance needs, conduct executive-level
assessments, review existing policies for legislative and regulatory
compliance, train interviewers, and refer qualified candidates for vacant
positions.
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