Think for a minute. The answer may seem obvious at first. But have you ever surveyed your company to understand how the power and influence structure really works?
-Are the people or departments that should be working together doing so?
-Are the managers in your company actually adding value to the work product?
-Who are the diamonds in the rough? Those people that are the quiet ones but that others look to for advice and support?
- How does HR fit in? Is there an arms length relationship with employees or are they viewed as an integral partner?
As anyone in HR knows, their job goes way beyond benefits, but the typical benefits broker only looks to solve the "rates and plans" problem. In order to be a better trusted advisor and add greater value to clients, the broker must think outside of the box.
To that end, technology now exists that allows you to easily survey your employees and graphically help you understand how your company is humming.
This
is social network analysis on the corporate level and I’m not talking
Facebook! This is a methodology that can quickly help you affect positive
change in your company especially if you’re planning a reorganization,
restructuring, implementing large scale change, measuring employee perceptions,
doing leadership development or simply looking to improve internal
communications or employee productivity.
Recent clients have found some interesting patterns in their employee communications and discovered employees that have significant influence that were people that generally "flew under the radar".
