Implement a Job Rotation Program
Develop and engage your workforce by giving them opportunities to broaden their experience across the organization.
- Job rotation programs can be difficult to develop and administer; in a time when HR departments are downsizing, HR may be too taxed with daily operations to develop a program.
- A successful job rotation process must be clearly tied to organizational strategies in order to have buy-in from leadership.
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Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Job rotation programs are a savvy way to attract, engage, develop, and retain today’s workforce.
- Companies with job rotation programs give employees a better perspective of the whole organization, increase engagement by decreasing boredom and providing the chance to develop new skills, and allow employers to more easily identify candidates for succession planning.
Impact and Result
Use McLean & Company’s five-step process to develop and implement a successful job rotation framework that is:
- Aligned with your organization’s strategic objectives.
- Designed to suit your particular capacity and needs.
- Positioned as a powerful tool for developing and retaining talent.
About McLean & Company
McLean & Company is an HR research and advisory firm providing practical solutions to human resources challenges via executable research, tools, diagnostics, and advisory services that have a clear and measurable impact on your business.
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A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your HR problems.
Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.
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Get the help you need in this 5-phase advisory process. You'll receive 9 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.
Guided Implementation 1: Develop the job rotation strategy
- Call 1: Discuss how to align your job rotation program with your organizational strategy, including workforce planning.
- Call 2: Discuss which metrics to select and how to track them.
Guided Implementation 2: Design the job rotation program to support the strategy
- Call 1: Discuss which positions should be part of the job rotation program, including whether any new positions should be created.
- Call 2: Discuss how long job rotations should last, in light of how they relate to strategic objectives.
Guided Implementation 3: Operationalize the job rotation program
- Call 1: Discuss the application and selection process.
- Call 2: Discuss best practices around performance management to ensure the success of your job rotation program.
Guided Implementation 4: Communicate and implement
- Call 1: Discuss strategies for communicating your job rotation program both internally and externally.
- Call 2: Discuss how to handle manager push-back and address their concerns.
Guided Implementation 5: Follow up and measure progress
- Call 1: Discuss how to adjust program goals after reviewing metrics and progress to date.
Contributors
- Paul Boston, President, Actus Performance Inc.
- Troy Paison-Caiani, Talent Management Professional and Research Associate, Integral Talent Systems Inc.
- Sara Beth Collins, Leadership and Development Specialist, Worthington Industries
- Angie Pignatiello, Manager, Learning & Development, Loblaws Companies Limited
- Dr. John Sullivan, Professor, Corporate Speaker and Advisor
- Senior HR Practitioner, Previously in the Telecommunications Industry
- Senior HR Practitioner, Previously in the Financial Services Industry
- Senior HR Consultant, Financial Firm
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