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The best-performing organisations don't cut costs and headcounts reactively, but rather build a culture where reviewing and adjusting resources is an "ongoing discipline and expectation", research shows.

According to Gartner HR advisory director Robin Boomer, 10 years of tracking also shows in these organisations, HR is the function that ensures the workforce is fit for purpose, rather than the one called in to "clean up the mess after the decisions have been made".

Rather than the typical practice of ordering across-the-board cuts by a percentage, "or a magic number", as reported in this article, Boomer suggests employers start by looking for any services or product lines that can be eliminated or reduced because they're not as effective as the business model requires.

This leads to "more informed but bigger choices and impacts in those concentrated areas"...