The Barrier of Stewardship
Staffing is your most valuable resource and, at the same time, can be the most difficult component to navigate. Maybe you’re at a place where you need to hire for a specialized position that you don’t have in-house, or perhaps you can’t utilize volunteers to accomplish tasks to the degree you desire. Getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats is critical for organizational growth!
The Barrier of Staff
Staffing is your most valuable resource and, at the same time, can be the most difficult component to navigate. Maybe you’re at a place where you need to hire for a specialized position that you don’t have in-house, or perhaps you can’t utilize volunteers to accomplish tasks to the degree you desire. Getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats is critical for organizational growth!
The Barrier of Structure: Part 2
If you are regularly working on tasks well past normal working hours, you could have a structure problem. Give careful thought to your work-life balance. What would the ideal work-life balance look like for you in a week? Strive to build an organization that can function well without you.
The Barrier of Structure: Part 1
Do you expect your departments to grow? Will current facilities and technology suffice? If expansion is in your future, then a strategic plan must be developed to assess what structures are needed to pave the way for growth.
The Barrier of Systems
I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “This is how we’ve always done it…” Would that be acceptable to you? Would you press into those routines to assess if they could be refined, to cut any excess, to add greater accountability, or possibly renovate entirely? If we’re honest, our teams and procedures could use some system assessment.
Making Others Successful: Investing in Leaders
We work with individuals of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, work styles, and motivations. With such an array of variables, there is no “magic formula” or universal solution to helping them achieve organizational goals. There exist, however, universal principles that, when implemented with fidelity, are certain to produce results that will motivate and stimulate further success.
One such principle is what I call “Making Others Successful.”