How To measure The Say Factor

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All Work No Say

• MEASURING YOUR ORGANIZATIONS SAY FACTOR
• Jody Urquhart

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Defining the Say Factor

• Simply put, your organizations say factor is
  based on how
• much say employees at all levels have in their
  work and
• its outcomes. Typically, those in a company with
  the most
• say also have the most power or control. Usually
  they have
• attained the upper reaches of the firms
  hierarchy and have
• set objectives, procedures and policies.
  Employees at this
• level control through rules, information and
  resources. To
• increase the say factor in an organization, you
  systematically
• spread out some of that control to the
  employees who
• actually do the job.

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MEASURING YOUR ORGANIZATIONS SAY FACTOR

• On the chart below, underline the level of
• say your organization currently has and
• circle (target!) the level you would like to
• have.

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Level Of Say Factor
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Level 1 All Work No Say

• The organization creates objectives
• The organization tells employees how to implement
  objectives (with detailed job procedures)
• The organization controls and monitors the
  results
• Note the organization denotes senior
  executives in
• top levels of the hierarchy.

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Level 2

• The organization creates objectives
• The organization tells employees how to implement
  objectives
• Employees are responsible for their own results
  (all managers support and coach staff to reach
  their goals)

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Level 3

• The organization creates objectives
• Employees implement objectives
• Employees are responsible for their own results

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Level 4 A High Say Factor

• Employees create their own objectives
• Employees implement their own objectives
• Employees are responsible for their own results
• Note employees denotes personnel

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• The level of say appropriate for your
• organization depends on how much control
• you feel comfortable giving employees, how
• well employees perform and how much
• control employees want in their job.