My department currently waits to learn our future, determined after hundreds of hours spent extensively studying our existing resources and effectiveness, as well as our future needs to ensure optimal business success.
And while we wait, the unconfirmed and seemingly-limitless questions run rampant through one's head....
- So what is the "right" number of people needed in our department?
- How will our jobs change? What will our new jobs even look like?
- Do we have the "right" people in the job? If there are changes to job function and needed skills (and I dare say we'd be foolish not to expect that), do we have people willing and able to change to match?
- What do we each need to do -- mentally, emotionally, spiritually -- to approach this as owners (captains of our own destiny) versus victims of circumstance?
- If the size of our department shrinks (again, I dare say we'd be foolish not to expect that), where are the "extras" supposed to go, when every other department is experiencing the "right sizing" change?
Any experiences and words of wisdom are welcome! I'm all ears... and eyes... and a question-filled brain...
