| Job-sharing is the ultimate in teamwork, and it keeps some of your best employees at the job. How does it work? Two workers share responsibility for one job.
However, such an option won’t work for everyone, especially since it requires a delicate balance between employees and managers. Here are tips for an effective job-sharing plan.
• Communicate, communicate, communicate. Have job-sharing partners talk to one another every day just before they leave or take over a shift. Even a short conference between workers helps orient the incoming employee of what has been done and what needs to be done.
• Write it down. Draw up a shift-change checklist, so each person knows what has been done and what needs to be accomplished.
• Let go. Be aware that as a manager, you’ll have to let go of some of the traditional control you may have had over other employees. Managers are still critical in making sure work gets done, but how the work will be accomplished weighs heavily on the two employees.
• Let them decide. Allow workers to dictate the setup of the arrangement, like who works when and who does what. | 
