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Strategic Focus in Improvement Projects
Most organizations are great at launching improvement projects.
It is easy to do, because there is an endless list of things
that need to improve. But typically few if any of these improvement
endeavors, focus on the key strategic concerns facing
the organization. A variety of reasons cause this to happen.
Just ask yourself this question, “What are the three
most important strategic issues facing your organization?”
Now, “How many of the improvement projects/activities
in your business directly address those issues?” Mostly
likely very few of them. If you desire to learn more about
working on Strategic Improvement, please click here.
Leadership Role in Improvement Efforts
This is not typically clearly defined; it is assumed people
know. As a result roles and responsibilities get done in a
passive way, priorities are not always clear and accountabilities
by all parties are somewhat fuzzy. Just ask yourself this
question, “Is there a standardized process that project
team sponsors follow when reviewing/guiding the progress of
improvement projects?” Or do people simply make up their
own process and do the best they can? If you’d like
to learn more about Defining Leadership Roles, please click here.
Aligned Key Performance Metrics
Most metrics systems in businesses do as much harm as they
do good. The metrics systems have little credibility with
most employees and they do not focus on the current needs
of the enterprise. Just ask yourself this question, “Has
your business changed significantly over the last five to
ten years from a competitive standpoint?” If your answer
is yes, ”Have your business performance metrics also
changed significantly?” If your response is no….then
in all likelihood your metric system may require alignment.
For more on Adjusting/aligning Performance Metrics, please
please click here
Leading Cross-Functional Teams
and Implementing
Improvement
High performance business teams
don't happen by accident. They use proven methods to organize
management, operations and project teams for inspired actions,
built on trust, and sustained by an effective support systems
foundation. In business, our technical backgrounds often cause
us to over-emphasize that which we've already mastered (technical
processes, IT, etc.), while under-emphasizing the elements
in which we're less experienced (people processes). We help
leaders balance the technical and people processes that make
them stand out from the pack. To learn more about how we help
Lead Critical Improvement Projects, please click
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