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Revise “And Any Other Duties As Assigned” to Change Your Culture

If you’ve been in management for any length of time, the phrase “And any other duties as assigned,” is one you know. Whenever I ask one of my audiences or leadership training teams, “What’s that line at the bottom of most position descriptions?”

First Quarter Leadership

The calendar year is off to a great start. Sales are coming in faster than expected. Revenues are exceeding last year’s numbers, and the production schedule is full with the need for extended over-time becoming more of the norm than the exception. You must be doing things right. Right?

Is Your Focus Hurting Your Business?

When was the last time you sat back and asked if what you are focusing on providing was actually hurting your business? What might you, your team, or your products be doing that is, in reality, wasting resources or killing sales?

Pick. Pace. Perform.

It’s been an incredibly busy time for my team and I recently as several clients are at some phase of their strategic planning efforts. Either they are gearing up for their planning retreats, they are working to implement their new plans, or they are identifying areas of their current plans that need modification.

Is It Time to Continue or Adjust?

As I’m writing this, we’re approaching the end of a fiscal quarter. Because of that, my team and I have been watching our key metrics and our dashboards to see how close to our plans and budget projections we are.

Are You Where You Wanted to Be?

Are you where you wanted to be at this point in the year with your business? Are your sales where you wanted them to be? Are your teams performing the way you wanted them to perform? Are your customers engaging the way you wanted them to engage?

Know What You’re Talking About

On my return flight from a recent speaking engagement, I started talking with the gentleman sitting next to me as both he and I worked on our laptops. Roger was a senior level manager for a 250 person, defense contractor and was traveling to meet with his company's leadership team for an off-site management and strategy meeting.

Tell Me What You Want!

I don't know what to do. I'm struggling. One of my managers said to me the other day, 'I don't know what you want! Tell me what you want and I'll help you do it. We've got to stop running around like our hair's on fire.'

Use the Strategic Plan as a Daily Management Tool

Keep in mind, when you use the strategic plan as a daily management tool... The Vision is "The Big Goal." It's THE thing you are working to achieve together. The Mission explains what you do as an organization.

Quit Working So Hard

Are you exhausted at the end of every work day? Do you lay in bed at night worrying about how you're going to get everything done? Are you regularly trying to identify new ways to bring in more sales, increase business, or in some other way "get ahead"?

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