7 Ways to Engage Your Workforce!
A recent conversation with a client was focused on his frustration with several problem employees. The client spent several minutes sharing great details about how these employees were belligerent, unmotivated and becoming a liability to the organization that was built around their expertise. I asked if their skills were still critical to the organization and…
A Penny wise and a pound foolish? Layoffs
During these times of the recession, most management start cost cutting by laying off employees. This may be a mistake, depending on the knowledge level needed for your product or service. Consider lowering payroll costs through eliminating or deferring bonuses, salary annual increases, reducing contract labor, reducing salaries across the board (management first, then other…
Accountability to entitlement-Who’s at fault?
I recently read an article about the shift within corporate America from a workforce that expects to be held accountable, to a workforce that looks for entitlement. Why should we even be concerned with this shift? We should be concerned since a growing level of entitlement within our population is having an impact on the…
Collaboration solves business problems-How?
Collaboration is a game changer for any organization if it is taken seriously. Your organization may be stifled by problems or issues that seem insurmountable, but if you were truly collaborating, they would be less of an issue–”I can almost guarantee it.” The first thing you need to come to grips with is that there…
Collaborative marketing-5 P’s?
There are many misconceptions as to what is marketing and what it can do for an organization. Marketing is best described as a process intended to increase the perceived value and to stimulate demand for a product. A product, in our case, will mean both a physical product and a service, which is then translated…
Collaborative organizations know how to play offense
Organizations in today’s economic times are either playing offense or defense, whether they know it or not. What determines which style of play? Cash or operating capital availability. With the credit markets shrinking, cash on hand has become a significant criteria for survival and the opportunity for growth. Those organizations that have lived from month-to-month…
Collaborative organizations success secret-Teams!
If you take a magnifying glass and hold it up to most collaborative organizations you will see why they are recognized for their effectiveness, you will see that they have two characteristics in common; they have effective Leadership and they operate through effective Teams. If you believe the chicken came before the egg, then you…
Competitors are not a threat!
Most organizations believe it is their objective to destroy their competition, but not a collaborative enterprise. Putting the competition out of business means more customers is not true. The collaborative enterprise recognizes that the only way a company goes out of business is if their customers go somewhere else to buy their products and services….
Four failures effective organizations avoid
The economy may be slowly recovering but those I talk with are still very uncertain about the future. That uncertainty can produce failures that can have devastating results for your organization. If we cannot see the trees because we are focused on the forest, the results can be an unwanted surprise. I see four areas…
Hibernate vs Renovate
A recession or any economic cycle downturn is not a time to hibernate and wait for inevitable upturn of the business cycle. A recession is an ideal time to renovate your organization-addressing the current economic climate with a new operating strategy that positions you to perform more effectively in either an up or down business…
