Today, more than ever before, organizations are having to battle with fewer financial and human resources. Deciding where and how to allocate them is challenging – and these decisions have become even more difficult because a wrong decision can cripple an entire organization. In view of this new environment, the process of evaluating and prioritizing projects must…
Looking for ways to jump start profitable growth? Over 88 percent of this country’s large organizations are now engaged in some form of strategic planning…and this number continues to expand, reaching across all industry sectors and involves companies of all sizes. Yet, as business leaders gather to strategically plan their futures, they continue to make fundamental…even fatal…
The critical difference between companies that handle aggressive schedules and stress versus those that can’t is how well managers perform their jobs. This “Leadership Tip” describes six ways managers can help prevent burnout and still deliver.
Most strategies look like ""bulleted to-do"" lists, but they don’t force you to sequence and think through the critical relationships or strategies. Transform your business plan from bullet points into a story that tells everyone not only what the goals are but also how to reach them.
In environments lacking openness, the cost of employee silence results in decreased productivity, loss of teamwork, missed deadlines, rework and mistakes. This “tip” provides seven powerful ways to cure silence and encourage employees to tell you what’s on their mind.
In most companies, managers are so stretched, they don’t have a spare moment to plan or think. Just time to do. This tip is based on providing employees on the F-35 program the “time out” to think and innovate. The results were outstanding and guidance is given on how you can make “time out” part of your own culture.