Chief Operating Officer — Helping companies achieve Growth, Profitability and Efficiency through operational excellence.
On the news they have been telling us that the recession is over since the end of last year but do our employees believe that? Should we care if they think it is over?
No, I don’t believe that our employees think the recession is over and yes, we should care. People are worried about the economy and their jobs. They are not seeing the differences in their own companies most of the time because the companies are still struggling to recover. There may even still be some lay-offs in some companies so employees are feeling insecure and stressed. Some are even suffering from depression because of the lack of security that they feel about their jobs.
This is something that employers need to care about because when employees are feeling insecure they are not able to do their jobs as well. Stress and depression may lead to employees requesting time off. Employees get distracted when they worry and their jobs are not at the forefront of their minds except to worry about whether or not they will have jobs next week. We need to put their minds at ease.
The only way to put their minds at ease is by sharing information with them that will show them that the company is not closing its doors. We need to share our plans for growing the company and let them know how they can be a part of getting the company to the next level. By diversifying and showing our employees where are new areas of growth can take the company we can make them feel like there is a future with our business. Raises are good, too, but most companies do not have that within their means since the economy is only at the beginning phase of starting to improve.
In my opinion, it is going to take at least another one to two years before our employees start to feel like they are safe from the repercussions of the recession. If we work as a team though, our employees can feel more secure in working towards the common goal of bringing our business to the next level.
As a Chief Operating Officer of a group of companies in the manufacturing sector, including PKM Steel, Mark Hamade carries executive level responsibilities in the areas of human resources and operations. His extensive business experience is uniquely positioned to help his companies leverage strengths and grow business. Mark leads the implementation of strategy and continues to forge relationships with key influences in the manufacturing industry.
Mark enjoys more than 14 years of leadership experience with top-tier companies. He specializes in vision and mission re-engineering as well as setting goals and objectives for human resources. Mark ensures that each business recruits, maintains, develops and rewards a high-quality workforce in order to successfully manage change.
His extensive business experience gives Mark a unique set of talents:: effective leadership, HR, P&L management, strategic thinking, organizational design, behavior and architecture, social networking, solution identification, mergers and acquisitions, organizational performance, recruitment, investment (start-ups, angel, private, and venture) sales, consulting, compensation, international know how, executive coaching, strategic alliances, contract negotiations, motivational speaking, a key understanding of legal issues, presentation skills, ability to deal with people from all backgrounds, and a high level of administrative competency.
Mark is passionate about all types of companies: Start-Ups, Early-Stage, Growing Companies and Fortune 500. He is equally dedicated to people, human capital and training. Hamade loves to assist companies in finding capital, and identify and recommend companies in which to invest.
