Hey Boss, Adapt And Be Profitable…
I met with The Boss today and discussed the challenges businesses are facing with their workforce and what to do about it. We talked about how the economic conditions of the early 2000’s forced business to reinvent and adapt their business models back then. We remembered when The Boss had to change the business model again when customers forced businesses to create an on-line presence and sell using the web. Today, our workforce has challenged businesses to change and adapt the business model. The Boss is realizing the younger workforce of today has different values and expectations verses the older workforce of yesteryear. Back in the day, when us older folk first got into business, the workforce we managed came to work Monday through Friday and put in the normal 40-hour work week, had a cubical or desk, and if they were senior associates, had the weekends off. Today The Boss must manage a workforce, which is made up of several generations, each of which has quite different opinions and attitudes about work life balance and what accountability should look like. The main discussion revolved around, not having enough people to field a workforce team! Today, The Boss must employ […]