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Actual for You - Business Process Consulting -- Creating Agility and Speed in Your Business
Have you clearly defined your target audience? These are the prime buyers of your products or services. It is the people or organizations you are pursuing actively as customers. You don’t need every customer in the world! You need the ones who are a good match for YOU. The more specific you are, the more effective your marketing campaign will be.But, let’s take this concept one step further. You can develop specific strategies that will attract your DREAM customers. These are the people who are best suited to purchase your product or service.A dream customer is someone who:• You want to work with and enjoy. For example, if you’re wild
Get Rid of the Politics
Company politics slows you down. The successful, adaptive business minimizes political interference, by having undertaken business policy development. It also adopts common approaches to decision making and conflict resolution, through having clearly articulated processes, procedures and measures.
The political factor is minimized by having these elements in place and through paying careful attention to the other six factors outlined in this article.
Of course, you will never completely eliminate this element from corporate life, but you can manage it and sideline it to a larg
Giving a good PowerPoint presentation is a tough job, but getting the audience involved in it is even harder! It is only through some tactics and methods, can you get the audience to get involved in your PowerPoint presentation. So try them out and see the effects!The first and foremost thing to remember when making a presentation is to make the audience engaged and listen to you by asking them good questions. Make it a point to ask the audience a challenging question in the middle of the presentation, and wait for the response. If someone calls out an answer, repeat it for other’s benefitsTry getting more than one response, as this really wa
The ability to gather and disseminate relevant information is critical for effective, timely decision making. Agility and speed are two criteria that can assist the business owner and manager benchmark and measure themselves in regard to creating a high performing, successful business.
The seven factors that require close attention in achieving agility and speed in business are:
Have Clear Lines of Responsibility
In the high performance business culture, everyone knows what his or her role and function are. They are defined within the constraints of the strategic agenda and the direction of the business.
Having control mechanisms in place, such as documented position descriptions and standard operating procedures, for instance, ensures consistency in communication and feedback.
These mechanisms also provide a means of coordinating multiple initiatives and tasks, in terms of objectives and measures, consistent with resources and capabilities of the strategic agenda.
Razor Sharp Focus
Everyone knows what the goals and objectives are, in keeping with the strategic vision that must be aspired to. This is because they are clearly defined and spelled out. This can be done very simply and elegantly - in fact, the simpler the better.
Having a Small Business Plan that is aligned and cascades into the company’s functional areas and into its individual work plans will ensure that the vision of the business is communicated in concrete, achievable and measurable terms.
Highly Motivated People
Successful businesses are full of committed and dedicated people. All of the people in such businesses exhibit a high drive for self-improvement and achievement, both at the personal and the corporate level.
Such business environments create a high-trust and winning culture. Activities are focused on the “cause of the business”. Creating such a developmental culture is essential in the high performance business.
Decision Making Happens Where the Action Is
In highly successful businesses, everyone leaves “ego” at the door. Work is about getting the job done and getting results.
This means having a common approach to understanding what is going on. It means people are able to make decisions where they are within the business. This type of on the ground decision making occurs within the boundary conditions of the Mission, Vision and Values of the business, and within the company’s Strategic Agenda.
Conversely, highly centralized decision making environments slow down the flow of information. This results in ineffective decision making and an inability to act quickly in response to opportunities or threats to the business. Information, particularly new information, is the life blood of a successful small business.
Get Rid of the Politics
Company politics slows you down. The successful, adaptive business minimizes political interference, by having undertaken business policy development. It also adopts common approaches to decision making and conflict resolution, through having clearly articulated processes, procedures and measures.
The political factor is minimized by having these elements in place and through paying careful attention to the other six factors outlined in this article.
Of course, you will never completely eliminate this element from corporate life, but you can manage it and sideline it to a larg
Have you thought about your letterhead lately? Many businesses don’t because it is easier to not think about it and keep going on with the multitude of tasks that has to be done on a daily basis. However an update to an old letterhead can be just like an extreme makeover. If your letterhead has not changed in the last 15 or more years it might be time for an update. However there are many things you want to watch out for and make sure you don’t make these mistakes in designing your letterhead.Don’t Do Tip 1: Overcrowded Corporate LetterheadIf you are going for a corporate letterhead look you want to be sure to not crowd everything into t
In the high performance business culture, everyone knows what his or her role and function are. They are defined within the constraints of the strategic agenda and the direction of the business.
Having control mechanisms in place, such as documented position descriptions and standard operating procedures, for instance, ensures consistency in communication and feedback.
These mechanisms also provide a means of coordinating multiple initiatives and tasks, in terms of objectives and measures, consistent with resources and capabilities of the strategic agenda.
Razor Sharp Focus
Everyone knows what the goals and objectives are, in keeping with the strategic vision that must be aspired to. This is because they are clearly defined and spelled out. This can be done very simply and elegantly - in fact, the simpler the better.
Having a Small Business Plan that is aligned and cascades into the company’s functional areas and into its individual work plans will ensure that the vision of the business is communicated in concrete, achievable and measurable terms.
Highly Motivated People
Successful businesses are full of committed and dedicated people. All of the people in such businesses exhibit a high drive for self-improvement and achievement, both at the personal and the corporate level.
Such business environments create a high-trust and winning culture. Activities are focused on the “cause of the business”. Creating such a developmental culture is essential in the high performance business.
Decision Making Happens Where the Action Is
In highly successful businesses, everyone leaves “ego” at the door. Work is about getting the job done and getting results.
This means having a common approach to understanding what is going on. It means people are able to make decisions where they are within the business. This type of on the ground decision making occurs within the boundary conditions of the Mission, Vision and Values of the business, and within the company’s Strategic Agenda.
Conversely, highly centralized decision making environments slow down the flow of information. This results in ineffective decision making and an inability to act quickly in response to opportunities or threats to the business. Information, particularly new information, is the life blood of a successful small business.
Get Rid of the Politics
Company politics slows you down. The successful, adaptive business minimizes political interference, by having undertaken business policy development. It also adopts common approaches to decision making and conflict resolution, through having clearly articulated processes, procedures and measures.
The political factor is minimized by having these elements in place and through paying careful attention to the other six factors outlined in this article.
Of course, you will never completely eliminate this element from corporate life, but you can manage it and sideline it to a larg
It is hard to imagine the world without computers. I often find myself wondering about how we survived in the pre-computer era. Just a few short years ago the general population used computers for much less than we do now. Sure, many of us used the computer to surf the web, maybe do a little research using online encyclopedias, perhaps send e-mail and play an online game or two. That was then.In 2004 we are using our computers for so much more than we were just five short years ago. Many of us have put our entire CD collection onto our hard drives and have collected years of digital photos which we have organized in every manner imaginable. S
Having a Small Business Plan that is aligned and cascades into the company’s functional areas and into its individual work plans will ensure that the vision of the business is communicated in concrete, achievable and measurable terms.
Highly Motivated People
Successful businesses are full of committed and dedicated people. All of the people in such businesses exhibit a high drive for self-improvement and achievement, both at the personal and the corporate level.
Such business environments create a high-trust and winning culture. Activities are focused on the “cause of the business”. Creating such a developmental culture is essential in the high performance business.
Decision Making Happens Where the Action Is
In highly successful businesses, everyone leaves “ego” at the door. Work is about getting the job done and getting results.
This means having a common approach to understanding what is going on. It means people are able to make decisions where they are within the business. This type of on the ground decision making occurs within the boundary conditions of the Mission, Vision and Values of the business, and within the company’s Strategic Agenda.
Conversely, highly centralized decision making environments slow down the flow of information. This results in ineffective decision making and an inability to act quickly in response to opportunities or threats to the business. Information, particularly new information, is the life blood of a successful small business.
Get Rid of the Politics
Company politics slows you down. The successful, adaptive business minimizes political interference, by having undertaken business policy development. It also adopts common approaches to decision making and conflict resolution, through having clearly articulated processes, procedures and measures.
The political factor is minimized by having these elements in place and through paying careful attention to the other six factors outlined in this article.
Of course, you will never completely eliminate this element from corporate life, but you can manage it and sideline it to a larg
There are a great number of good reasons for someone to become a truck driver. First and foremost among those reasons would be the great pay. Did you realize that most truckers, their first year out on the road, earn an average of $35,000 a year? And, that after just a few years out, those same truckers are making an average of $45,000-$50,000 annually? And finally, veteran drivers who own their own trucks make average salaries that are over $100,000 a year. What other profession can you get into, where the pay is that good?One other great reason to get into trucking…….. is the chance to see some of this great country of ours. How many states have y
Decision Making Happens Where the Action Is
In highly successful businesses, everyone leaves “ego” at the door. Work is about getting the job done and getting results.
This means having a common approach to understanding what is going on. It means people are able to make decisions where they are within the business. This type of on the ground decision making occurs within the boundary conditions of the Mission, Vision and Values of the business, and within the company’s Strategic Agenda.
Conversely, highly centralized decision making environments slow down the flow of information. This results in ineffective decision making and an inability to act quickly in response to opportunities or threats to the business. Information, particularly new information, is the life blood of a successful small business.
Get Rid of the Politics
Company politics slows you down. The successful, adaptive business minimizes political interference, by having undertaken business policy development. It also adopts common approaches to decision making and conflict resolution, through having clearly articulated processes, procedures and measures.
The political factor is minimized by having these elements in place and through paying careful attention to the other six factors outlined in this article.
Of course, you will never completely eliminate this element from corporate life, but you can manage it and sideline it to a larg
There are many uses for promotional items. This means that they are just not used as freebies for a grand opening special. Knowing all the uses for these nifty items, often called “swag,” will open up many opportunities for your place of business.Advertising SpecialtiesLook around you. You can probably count on two hands the number of items in your office or home that are etched, engraved or printed with someone’s name- magnets, key chains, coffee mugs, calendars, rulers and note cubes. Oh, and how could we forget the pen or stress ball? These items were most likely given to you at no cost at a business you frequent, or perhaps were even
Get Rid of the Politics
Company politics slows you down. The successful, adaptive business minimizes political interference, by having undertaken business policy development. It also adopts common approaches to decision making and conflict resolution, through having clearly articulated processes, procedures and measures.
The political factor is minimized by having these elements in place and through paying careful attention to the other six factors outlined in this article.
Of course, you will never completely eliminate this element from corporate life, but you can manage it and sideline it to a large extent.
Think and Feel
Making effective decisions relies on undertaking the right amount of logical analysis, combined with an informed, intuitive response.
Agility and speed are achieved when you analyze a given business situation and use your intuitive knowledge, gained from experience and practice, to make the appropriate decision. The barrier to agility and speed in this context is “over” analysis. Over analysis can paralyze a business to the point that it is neither agile nor quick in achieving its objectives.
In business, one must develop this capability of making the best balanced choice, given the information available. One of the qualities of good leadership in business is the ability to make a judgment call with limited information at hand.
Keep Each Other Accountable
In the effective business, everyone holds themselves accountable for results, as well as holding each other to the tasks each are assigned. Measures must be clearly understood and built into the fabric of all the business planning mechanisms.
Having a performance management process in place that encourages shared responsibility and accountability engenders a culture of high performance.
In Summary
By paying careful attention to these seven key factors, the behavioral and attitudinal elements that create barriers to agility and speed can be greatly reduced in your business.
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