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The Busy Manager’s Guide: Resource Management in a Fluid Business Environment

Raise your hand if you have too many resources. Anyone? Exactly. The problem of plenty is a rare on these days. Instead, the “do more with less” challenge is an everyday reality for business leaders. Today, every successful manager must also be an effective resource management and change management professional. A fluid balance: Resource and change management Two problems, then: Having enough resources and knowing how to manage them effectively! Even if you have enough resources, it’s not about just leaving the faucet on. Instead, it’s about optimizing resources to drive change most seamlessly and profitably. In a change-fraught business environment, a fluid approach to effective change management for managers is required. Busy leaders everywhere throw up their hands and ask: How can the company expect this of me while I have already my hands full? As it turns out, fluid resource management is not an extra ask. In many cases, it’s the only way to meet expectations. Consider today’s agile customer experience (CX) goals.  The traditional approach, which allowed managers to set clear processes and resources around organizational priorities, is no longer adequate for maximizing resource efficiency in business. Instead, leaders must manage resources at the speed of emerging data insights from every customer lifecycle. Here are the top four agile resource management strategies topping leaders’ lists today. Strategy 1: Embrace the uncertainty Successful managers accept the shifting nature of resource relevance. They see the fluid environment as an opportunity to maximize high-relevance resources. This includes both talent and […]