Resource Projection Best Practice 6 – The 45 Week Year
There are 52 weeks in a year. So a full-time employee works 52 weeks in a year, right? Wrong!
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There are 52 weeks in a year. So a full-time employee works 52 weeks in a year, right? Wrong!
“The cowards never started, the weak died on the way, and only the strong survived.” The Pioneer’s Creed
For the purposes of personnel resource estimation, what is an individual worth? The answer may seem obvious. A full-time equivalent (FTE) or full-time employee is typically considered to be ‘worth’ 2000 hours of labor per year; calculated as the product of fifty, 40 hour work weeks.
Robert Thompson, author of The Offsite and founder of Applied Performance, a leadership and personal communications services company, shares with us his insights regarding: the five principles of the Leadership Challenge, the differences between management and leadership, whether leaders are born or developed, and the four questions executives and managers should ask of themselves to further develop their leadership abilities.
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“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Author, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes