How to Ensure Success for a Role That’s New to Your Company
It’s likely you have heard the warning calls that machines are coming to replace you and your job. While that may not all be true, the World Economic Forum reported in a recent “Future of Work’ study many organizational positions will disappear in the foreseeable future as soon as 2022. Those positions will be replaced, but not with machines.
Your organization may have already begun implementing new organizational roles. Many new hires are taking on novel positions that have a loose description. Without a blueprint, organizations are working to build new positions to create value for the company while striking a balance between structure and innovation.
Today, companies find themselves in permanent states of flux. This, in part, is due to the accelerated pace of strategic pivots brought on by disruptive industries. In addition, COVID-19 has resulted in businesses reimagining themselves with systemic thinking. The survival tactic is to adapt to the future of work as well as the pace of disruption and innovation in order to stay ahead of the curve and competition.
An organization's success is dependent on its talent and it's all about having the right roles at the right time. Many businesses have found the need for a fundamental shift to effectively manage both talent and the bottom line of the company. While adding new roles and replacing old ones to establish efficiency, organizations must effectively determine new roles.
The balance is between control and freedom. A role with too much freedom could result in chaos. A role with too much structure could stifle innovation altogether. It’s trial and error. Finding the sweet spot is necessary to achieve the best outcomes for new functionality. The best approach is to identify key performance indicators and initiatives.
By establishing a broad set of commitments to hold new hires accountable, the initiatives should not be too rigidly formalized so there is room for creativity to flourish. Paying deliberate attention to these roles and their alignment with company culture will help to make the adjustments seamless. What's more, while acclimating, measuring, and defining a new fit, making changes as you go will speed up the journey to achieve the just-right balance for new roles.