I am faced with a situation that I am drawing a blank on. I have a few days (today is Fri, and have until Mon) to come up with some ideas if I can.
We have an employee who has taken on responsibilities above and beyond his work description and he has done an excellent job of it. For reasons that predate my joining this organization, this responsibility is being taken away from this individual and is going to be given to someone else (someone who used to perform this function). There is little to nothing I can do about this, as the decision has been made from above. What I am currently facing is how do we handle this transition without disenfranchising this employee? I see it going one of two ways, depending on what drives and motivates him: either it is going to mean less responsibility for the same amount of money and this will make him happy, or he is going to view it as he stepped up and got what was needed done and now it is being taken away from him and it will make him unhappy.
So, any ideas how this can be approached with a positive spin or other ways to handle it to make it into a positive for this employee?
We have an employee who has taken on responsibilities above and beyond his work description and he has done an excellent job of it. For reasons that predate my joining this organization, this responsibility is being taken away from this individual and is going to be given to someone else (someone who used to perform this function). There is little to nothing I can do about this, as the decision has been made from above. What I am currently facing is how do we handle this transition without disenfranchising this employee? I see it going one of two ways, depending on what drives and motivates him: either it is going to mean less responsibility for the same amount of money and this will make him happy, or he is going to view it as he stepped up and got what was needed done and now it is being taken away from him and it will make him unhappy.
So, any ideas how this can be approached with a positive spin or other ways to handle it to make it into a positive for this employee?