Becoming a company that has a clear focus on developing a culture of fairness, one that looks out for its people, and does not play favorites, is key to engaging the new value based workforce. You can capitalise on this and allow your people engagement and business results to soar! A focus on removing bias and how to structure it in your company to ensure it stays away, will allow your people to really engage with your business and provide unexpected yet beneficial ideas and results, which are critical for your future business success. Plus it’s a core part of your people engagement tool kit. Something you can actually utilize in many cases at very lost cost with a high level of positive rewards. Businesses are run by Hierarchies, and this leads to 2 key issues; Unconscious Bias in Decision making Conscious Bias in Decision making Both of these can lead to negative cultures forming and your key people going elsewhere to succeed and grow. Promotions are a key area in your business where bias can flourish. You need to prevent this so you can make the entire system work for you, not against you. Focus on your top performers and how they can be promoted in your business in a way that benefits everyone, upwards or laterally……and that means transparency and competence, not connections and closed door discussions. Remove the Bias! Steps to achieve this. 1-Recognizing your company needs and purpose to identify the type of staff and culture you want for success….without this you will spend a lot of time in order to fail. This is a key first step to get right, you need to really understand where you are going as a business in order to make it work. 2-Top grading of employees and how to achieve it – note more than 1 manager must agree on a rating to avoid bias 3-Communication of grading’s and how to deliver 4-Training of leadership team to be accountable for the company philosophy 5-Ensuring grading’s, and corresponding achievement criteria are open, transparent and accessible to all 6-Develop options and opportunities so you can retain staff while they are progressing/ waiting for the next opportunity. 7-Make promotions and progression a part of your living culture, by reward, recognition, different opportunities etc Subscribe for free to the entire season of Engaging Your People for Success Subscribe Most businesses and leaders need help to really see this key area with ‘fresh eyes’. If you have reached this point do contact me directly at [email protected] for a free no obligation discussion of just where you are and how we may be able to help. Tags; strategy and culture, aligning culture and strategy, strategy implementation, strategy vs culture, culture and strategy, business strategy, strategic planning, strategy software, humantelligence alignment, organizational culture, cultural change, strategy cascade, strategy, culture, align team goals, objectives, technology, people, training, continuous improvement