by Rick Baker
On Jul 19, 2013
If I was your CEO, I would:
- Create an organization chart, clearly spelling out the key roles and activities required for success in 2013 in this industry sector.
- 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).
- Set Goals, with first focus on: People`s Talents, Clients' Value Propositions, Gross Margin, & Cashflow
- Put in place the tools that ensure the ability to Measure performance...a Performance Tracking System
- 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
- 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.
- 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...
- the Required Strengths...an org chart picture
- the Vision
- the Goals
- the metrics and Measures for performance tracking
- the Right People in the right roles: taking talent to task
- the People Development Strategy
- the Operations Improvement Strategy
And, I would do those things in that order.