MATCH YOUR ORGANIZATION DESIGN TO YOUR NEEDS
The des ign of your organizational structure can have a big impact on your company’s performance as it will enable or disable...
PERIODICALLY RESET THE UNIT BASELINES TO DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY
P eople behave to metrics and you can use your production metrics to enhance your profitability. Metrics are best when they are...
SEPARATE DUTIES BY CLARIFYING ROLES
T ry your best to avoid employee collisions and conflicts by being clear about who does what and why. People like to know what they are...
USE DASHBOARDS TO ENABLE DATA DRIVEN MANAGEMENT
Keeping track of things is an essential component of performance management. You do need to know if you are on track and Dashboards can...
USE PRODUCTION CORE DRIVERS TO CALCULATE RESOURCE CAPACITIES
Reso urces are always limited and in demand. Most employees believe in two universal truths; 1. They are underpaid and 2. They don’t have...
MAINTAIN YOUR OBJECTIVITY AND CREDIBILITY THROUGH A ONE-OVER-ONE APPROVAL PROCESS.
O ne-over-one means that the actions you want to take for/against your direct reports must be approved by your boss. You shouldn’t have...
HAVE A PLAN TO BOTH MAKE YOUR QUARTER AND YOUR YEAR.
Deciding between short term gains and long term goals is a false choice. Running a successful company doesn’t require one or the other....
IF YOU WANT EXCELLENCE, CELEBRATE SUCCESSES.
Demand excellence and you can get it. However, stars need the opportunity to shine and demands without rewards amount to tyranny. High...
DELEGATE DOESN’T MEAN ABDICATE.
Del egate means to entrust. Abdicate means to renounce. These concepts are clearly not the same thing. Leaders don’t empower / delegate...
LEADERSHIP REQUIRES BEHAVIORAL AGILITY.
Circumstances and people change so you need to be adaptable to different situations. That means you need to adjust your listening skills,...
