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Bringing Efficiency to Your Company

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A recent HBR blog caught my eye. The author conveyed the fact that many organizations have low hanging fruit that can be harvested fairly easily, only if someone was looking. Here’s a quote from the blog that really spoke to me: “Think of all the business processes you interact with as a consumer, citizen, and worker. What percent of them amaze you with their efficiency? What percent amaze you with their inefficiency? See what I mean when I say that there's a lot of low-hanging fruit left? “ As the owner one of the fastest growing companies in the US, I am forced to look for these opportunities to bring efficiency to our processes. As I consult with our customer base, what I Read more [...]

Who Is the Process Owner In Your Company?

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In a recent blog on the HBR website, Brad Power asks the question “Where Have All the Process Owners Gone”? In the post Power brings out a couple important points that really spoke to me. Processes must be improved across departments There must be a process owner I can relate to the idea of improving processes. In my experience many companies haven’t even defined their processes in the first place. What I’ve realized recently is that we weren't doing a good job of communicating and improving processes across different departments. It’s easy for individual department managers to be so focused on their piece of the puzzle that they miss the big picture. Cross-departmental Read more [...]

Astonish Results 2011 Annual Company Meeting Insights

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At Astonish we have a yearly company meeting. Our meeting is today and I thought I would write about one of the major points I’m going to share with our company. It’s called the “right things” model. I first heard about this concept for Vern Harnish’s book, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits. The model goes like this, in order for a company to accomplish its mission it needs to have the following components. The Right People This is a no-brainer and obvious point. You must have the right people in your company if you want to succeed. Unfortunately, I see that all too often, this is NOT the case. Company leadership cannot make the tough call to let the wrong people Read more [...]

More Thoughts on Company Alignment for 2011

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Making sure everyone in your company is going in the same direction or more importantly the direction you want them to go in can be a daunting task. Having everyone going in the same AND right direction takes the challenge to whole new levels. The more employees you have the more difficult makes ensuring alignment company-wide increasingly difficult. I thought I would come up with a few steps you can take to being the process of alignment. Notice that I said the “process” of alignment. As business owners, we can be fooled into thinking that once we get everyone going in the right direction, we’re done. This is something you need to ensure is happening all the time. It’s Read more [...]