Macrowikinomics states that “Human hierarchies are power structures, defining rank, importance, status, and accountabilities, and as such have worked well as a means of organizing the way most organizations have operated over the centuries. But an increasingly complex and interdependent global economic environment is now exposing hierarchical institutions as being deeply limited and perhaps even a liability as we enter an era in which the upper bounds of human ingenuity will be tested. From a CEO’s perspective, an increasingly self-organized and networked world makes the old models of top-down corporate management and industrial planning increasingly feeble.”
Over the past 27 years, across 5 continents & every stage business imaginable, one thing has remained consistently clear; The success of any organization ultimately boils down to how well they perform in the areas of Strategy, People, Execution and Cash.
These are the areas of your business where you must become better at specifying (SPECing) your expected outcomes if you are to have any chance of realizing them. People are a subset of your strategy, but they are also traditionally the most difficult mange, maneuver and predict.. at least until now.
The growth of an organization is simply the accumulated growth of the individual relationships that constitute it, and it’s therefore increasingly important that you engage the Strategy, People, Execution and Cash components and their inter-dependent relationships with your business in the same rhythmic & agile manner you’ll need to execute your continuous improvement programs.
Stages of Intervention
In order to help you, we’ll step through the following stages in order to quickly assess what level of intervention will be required where.
Focus Pyramid
If you’ve ever been on a road trip you know that very rarely it’s a straight line to your final destination. Even the most experienced traveler is going to hit a few unexpected bumps in the road & detours. You’ll get a little lost along the way and have to recalibrate your bearings to make sure you take the next appropriate step to get you back on track. Along the way you might have to discard some of the places you wanted to see or visit because they are no longer part of your critical path in reaching your final destination. Opportunities will come along that could take you completely off track from your final destination if you don’t assess them first to question how they will actively contribute toward your overall Vision.
All of this might seem like common sense, but when you take into consideration that 90% of effective plans on paper never make it to successful conclusion, along with 53% of employees (the ones executing day-to-day) being unable to to explain (in depth) their company’s strategy, you’ll begin to see how an engaging Focus Pyramid discipline anchored to your S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Engagement practices will increase your likelihood for success.
If this sounds like a program you think your organization will benefit from, click here to request your exploratory session and see how we can work together in getting you to your next stage.
