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Background Several weeks later, on his drive into the office, Joe realizes he's has been on the job for 6 months and has used every HR tool and resource he learned about in school, in addition to ones he learned "on the job". He chuckles at the naive confidence he had when finishing his HSM degree. Who knew the job would be so much more about managing people than finance, IT, quality, etc. However, despite all the challenges, he finds himself smiling. He has a great sense of accomplishment in that he now has a "leaner" more efficient leadership team of two. Both Ralph and Norton weathered the storm with Joe and, in the process, have built a good working relationship. Joe and his team did experience a loss of several staff (a mix of both high and low performers, and more from the smaller system than the other two systems). Some were not able to wait for progress or the environment became too hostile for them to stick with. The other teams were able to find some work process efficiencies with the help of a Lean-Sigma team. Although Joe did not meet all of his key performance goals initially established at his employment, he has stabilized work force and outcome metrics are showing a steady improvement. He is confident from his participation in the senior meetings that several of the other organizational departments have had similar challenges and not all have been successful in managing through and as a result there were significant financial losses. Joe's reflection on his team's accomplishments turns to a review of an internal list of tasks yet to be accomplished. When he gets to his office, he reviews the notes he took from one of the last system strategy meetings. See Figure 1 for Joe's scratched out notes. . Figure 1. Joe's notes from the strategy meeting OHS STRATEGIC GOALS Fill vacant positions Increase diversity of workforce Decrease payroll expense by 10% Look for new service line opportunities Joe begins work on his self-evaluation in preparation for his 6 month performance evaluation with the CEO scheduled for the following week. The requirements for the evaluation include a review of prior goals/objectives (to include supporting evidence), a list of goals/objectives and an action plan for the next 6 months and a list of resources needed to achieve stated goals/objectives. THE CHALLENGE Prepare Joe's self-evaluation. What are his next steps to maintain his/his team's achievements and support OHS