The brighter lot, driven by its own ambition to succeed, typically needs less supervision. A visionary management programme, devised to capitalise on full potential available, spots them early enough, interacts to gauge particular flair of a candidate and completes the process by apt placement in a conducive role. The other scenario, depicting average (and below-average) staff who require to step up work output/coordinate their bit so that team effort gets boosted, calls for a different approach.

   Accordingly, engagement has to be on a wider platform conducted over a period and requires collective segregation into batches to be coached on specific skills which are lacking. Since this section comprises the bulk of work-force in an organisation, achieving even a slight improvement has a multiplying effect – a result quite capable of tweaking the bottom line!

Time is precious

   A normal eight hours in the....