Some business leaders feel that fear has increased their organizational productivity.
- They are producing more per person than in the past.
- People are staying on the job longer (reduced turnover). The consequences of this are reduction of the learning curve impact from on-boarding new employees.
- The longer employees are on the job, the faster and more effectively they produce results.
- People feel they have to demonstrate their strength of performance in order not to be laid off.
- People are producing better quality and less waste because of tenure, fear of losing their job, etc.
- There are fewer people and they are assuming expanded accountability for performance. So more is being produced by fewer people.
- Do you have additional reasons?
What is the fear that is driving this increase in productivity?
- People are in fear for job security.
- Fear of income flow loss.
- People are in fear of the unknown future.
- People are in fear of losing their importance (their job is their image of themselves).
- People are in fear of not finding as good a job as they currently have.
- People are in fear of not finding a title as good as they currently have (career progression fear).
- Others??
The question is; "Is this increased productivity gain sustainable as the economy stabilizes and/or improves?"
What are your thoughts?
Chad