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If I was your CEO, I would...

by Rick Baker
On Jul 19, 2013

If I was your CEO, I would:

  1. Create an organization chart, clearly spelling out the key roles and activities required for success in 2013 in this industry sector.
  2. Create a clear written Vision statement, describing what I want to see in 3 years...complemented by 3 personal stories to help people understand: Why (I want it this way), How (I want people to behave...facets of Character and Values), and What (things are Vital Tasks and Actions). 
  3. Set Goals, with first focus on: People`s Talents, Clients' Value Propositions, Gross Margin, & Cashflow 
  4. Put in place the tools that ensure the ability to Measure performance...a Performance Tracking System 
  5. Interview/review all staff, starting with the people in key roles, to determine if they are: clearly keepers, quality performers, or risky investments...taking talent to task
  6. Create and implement a People development Strategy: for each keeper and quality individual...with attention to role, role description, reporting, role-in-teams, self-monitoring and self-reporting...and with commitment to self-development, commitment to people & their Talents, commitment to systems (including Measures of Actions and results), commitment to self-development, and commitment to communication improvement.
  7. Create and implement an Operations Improvement Strategy: defining desired Client relationships and processes; defining philosophies about Money; clarifying what Service means (and how to deliver it); clarifying what Quality means (and how to deliver it) and clarifying what Profit means (and how to earn and collect it).
In summary...

If I was your CEO, I would set...

  1. the Required Strengths...an org chart picture
  2. the Vision
  3. the Goals
  4. the metrics and Measures for performance tracking
  5. the Right People in the right roles: taking talent to task
  6. the People Development Strategy
  7. the Operations Improvement Strategy
And, I would do those things in that order.

Thought Tweet #785

by Rick Baker
On Jul 19, 2013

Thought Tweet #785 Your Gut Feel: Is it good, bad, or indifferent?

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Does your gut feel serve you well? Is it, somehow, a conveyor for wisdom? Does it, somehow, glom onto the right signals and paths?

Or

Does your gut feel fail you? Is it a conduit for wayward emotions - ill-aimed emotions? Does it steer you onto rocky, twisted roads?

Or

Has your gut feel been subsumed into silence? Is it now outside your awareness? Does it remain hidden while you think?

***

If you had your way, how would you want your gut feel to serve you?

Do you not have your way?

Tags:

Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Questions?: The Art of Asking Good Questions | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #784.5

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2013

Thought Tweet #784.5 Two differences between Coaches and Mentors: Mentors have done it & Mentors introduce you to the right people.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Coaches are to Managers what Mentors are to Leaders.

Leaders lead because they have proven their ability to know, do, and inspire ... and the best Leaders add mentoring to their roles. 

Managers manage because they have proven their ability to know, instruct, and monitor ... and the best Managers add coaching to their roles.

Tags:

Leaders' Thoughts | Spirited Leaders | Succession | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #784

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2013

Thought Tweet #784 When you solve a problem at your workplace check to see if the solution could help your clients...and suppliers.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

...and business allies.

Spread your solutions. Spread better and best practices.

Challenge your leadership team to understand what it means to be best-in-class or better.

Be bold. Be confident your thinking is creating top-quality solutions.

Share your solutions and be open to feedback that helps you improve on your solutions and uncover opportunities.

Share your solutions with business peers...exchange ideas, exchange improvements, and exchange opportunities.

Tags:

Sales | Solutions & Opportunities | Thought Tweets

Take Talent To Task & Build Motivation

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2013

 

 

Leaders have the ability to provide Opportunities and Specialized Knowledge to help their people Practise Skills and build Strengths. This is the way leaders can help people take Talent to Task. And Tasks can and should be broken down into discrete Actions…the Vital Behaviours that lead to successful completion of Goals.

 

When people know they are using their Talents to perform essential Actions – when people know they are truly taking Talent to Task – they are naturally self-motivated.

 

And Goals are achieved.

Thought Tweet #783

by Rick Baker
On Jul 17, 2013

Thought Tweet #783 It isn't about who's right or who's wrong. It's about who doesn't have emotions under control - and Why?

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Disputes in the work environment often escalate. And, they often spread and affect many people. When you face situations of conflict and dispute remember - It isn't about who's right or who's wrong. It's about who doesn't have emotions under control - and Why?

And, of course, make sure you aren't among those who do not have their emotions under control. 

Emotional disputes do a lot of damage and waste a lot of energy [energy - which, if it wasn't being wasted, could be put to constructive use].

Tags:

Communication: Improving Communication | Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

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