Culture Change
Do you ever think, you've got the right people but not the right result?
It is generally accepted in the world of business, performance is everything and improved performance is directly related to how your people are motivated and led. In a Leadership Survey by the Work Foundation published in 1999, over 2000 ranked the qualities they most valued in their leaders, in order of importance. The number one quality was...
"to deal effectively with breaches to standards of behaviour"
At first this may be a surprise but on reflection..when a colleague persistently arrives late to work when the rest of the team arrive on time...when a team member spends too much time on personal matters, or another is consistently underperforming...are your managers and supervisors meeting the expectations of those they lead? Interestingly, number four on the list is that they wished their leaders to...
"work on their own learning"
It may be that most of your managers and supervisors have, at some time, been on relevant training courses which covered assertiveness, but are they still practising what they were taught?
If not, the answer lies beyond the quality of the training or even the personality of the individual. It hinges around that elusive term 'culture' or "the way we do things around here." Changing culture has almost become the Holy Grail of Business and has been the subject of numerous books and, however desirable, can be difficult to achieve
Some companies resort to changing (or rather exchanging) their people and yet, if you've got the right people....?
Vanilla Business Solutions has developed a proven, five step process to address these issues. It focuses on building a robust high performing culture where management practices can be carried out successfully. Our approach:
- Seeks to understand the organisation
- Honestly and independently assesses individuals
- Provides a detailed, tailored roadmap to win
- Challenges and trains individuals and teams for success
- Re-appraises the organisation
The detail within the five-step process is what we sell. If you believe we can help your organisation, please contact us on contact@vanilla-business-solutions.co.uk