How to involve employees in strategic planning?

Make the employees to get involved to the maximum. Give them fredoom to go out of the cubicles & think something stupid & weird. There are possibilities that a stupid idea might change the entire face of the company.

by the future of the company. Shaow how things can be better for them if the future of the company is better. Explain policy and strategy.

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The employer or hiring manager should have clear understanding of the motive of the employee and be honest of his/her personal motives it’s a balancing act, Namrata ben Google is an American enterprise, and where you work American express is a American, we are Indians what works here works here, poking the American yard stick into Indian mindset is like third degree to 90% of our population, the 10% like you and me go gaga write blogs, show off our understanding, The money you make the kind of environment you work, come out of it and create something equivalent on the high street, take your time three years or so, and tell me where you stand what you could created.

Coming back to Motive Indian workers can be divided into category 1) Government officials, 2) Private workers.

Government workers only one motive pass the day pass the week, the month wham Salary in my account, turn 60 pension + retirement benefits.

Private workers large company trying job hopping, get into MNC, small companies believe in GOD, Karma, slog long hours do some looking good.

Unorganized workers “Allah key nam pay dey dey”

 Is Patakh you maiden name Gugraties  never involve employees in strategy planning, this is true for the entire Indian business (baniya) community. So we do not have Microsoft Google American express like enterprise, what we have is suppress, oppress, exploit, use channakya neeti ; or labour union lock out closure etc. as you see in west Bengal.

Circulate a request to wrtie top three points, by which the company can grow. Announce top 10 award. Collate all the points, get all the points analysed by a cross functional team. Take few points, concentrate for a period, then go for next, next. Simple and very effective, to use the power of people.

Invite all employees to an Auditorium & address them all about the Strategic Planning in Hand. Familiarize them one by one. Also, invite querries & ideas to the point highlighted. Later on , join in a Big Lunch(Bada kana) hosted to them to chat closely to probe more points.

Employees should be given enough freedom to experiement with newer ideas. Irrespective of the outcomes of newer ideas the company should encourage them to go ahead with their experiements with newer ideas.

In my past i have been part of such initiatives but most of the times people who are responsible for developing an innovative culture does not break the barriers and fail to create an connect with the employees'

Innovation comes naturally, and once you connect with an employee at a level where one does not hesitate to share the idea is highly required. One may come up with an excellent idea in first go while some others may take some time in bringing their brain to work naturally.

Listening their idea and guiding them toward the right direction will definetly make an impact on their way of wroking. Once you start acknowledging their efforts openly, they will be highly mtivated to bring in new dieas.

Give them opportunities to contribute,do not discourage them even if they say or do something wrong or not practical.By doing so you will be preventing them,on a later date, to come forward with suggestions or ideas which may be really good.Make them understand where they have gone wrong.make every one feel that he/she is important.

Be in touch with employees , share your problems ,Ideas ,take ideas from your people and implment the best and practicle idea . Appriciate the person whose idea is implmented if possible reward him in any way suitable . It will encourage people to share their ideas and thus they may become a part of your progress and feel proud of.