A Myth?

Every once in a while we get a council member who thinks we can cut staff and add tasks. If it were possible to do more with less eventually we would be doing everything with nothing. The real question for us in determining if we can do more with less is; “are our processes efficient”?
Just downsizing would result in one person having a significant increase in their workload to carry the wood for those who are no longer here. So the dynamic of what happens when those who survive pick up the load of those who don't survive becomes an increasingly important concern. If people really were lazy and slackers, as many think, and were only doing real work 2 hours a day, then it should not be a big deal. But if that proves to be a myth, the long term ramifications could be significant in terms of stress related physical and emotional health conditions. This is where the rubber will meet the road when it comes to good organizations. The really good organizations, and leaders, will let their managers deal with this and their organizations will excel, and the average organizations, those who just plod through each day and never have an original thought, and never challenge and reward the creativity of their people, will fail.