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A Guide To Performance Management
Nowadays, a great significance is being given to Performance
Management, as companies incorporate them in their effective
management strategies. However, a lot of people find this
process a complicated one, mostly because of the many...
Get Your Feet Wet With Time Management!
Since the early days of the cyberspace, finding hints on time
management got much simpler. Do you recall the time as you had
to look into a dictionary if you wanted to find anything
appropriate to time management? I bet I hit the nail on...
Meeting Your Bandwidth Requirements For Supply Chain Management Applications
In today's business world it is critical for companies to deploy
supply-chain management (SCM) systems to enhance efficiency
across the product lifecycle by streamlining procurement,
production, fulfillment, and distribution processes....
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Employee and Management Owned Firms
Margaret Thatcher started a world trend during her tenure as Prime Minister is Downing Street. It is called: Privatization. It consisted of the transfer of control of a state-owned enterprise to the Private Sector. This was done by selling...
Top Six Reasons to Buy Rather Than Build an Inventory Management Solution
Is building your own inventory management solution really your best bet? The issues that companies face when they decide to build a solution in house are numerous: Scarce development resources, project cost overruns, delivery delays,...
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The Red Phone - Management Consulting in 30 Seconds or Less
Modern business faces complex problems; management often calls upon highly-specialized consultants to help them address these difficult problems. If you're ever called to help identify these most pressing issues, one of the easiest and quickest ways to start is to talk about the "Red Phone".
You know which phone I'm talking about -- it's the red phone that sits on it's own special corner of the desk. Lights flash when it rings; when you answer it, the person on the other end isn't in a good mood, he's not pleased, he thinks everything is your problem and he wants you to fix it! (And ... he's right! It is your problem and you do need to fix it!)
What I want to know is -- when this phone rings, 1) Who is it on the other end, and 2) what are they upset about?
This tells you a managers hot spots, his points of pain. These are the
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frustrating tribulations that vex his day. If you can identify who's on the red phone and what they're calling about, you've identified the most pressing problems a manager deals with.
Of course, there likely isn't a real physical "Red Phone" -- but people know what you mean when you talk about it! Find out about these calls -- and you'll cut through all the clutter to identify the areas you should address. Spend your time and direct your efforts to solve these problems -- or even just ease them some -- and you'll have the greatest chance of success.
About the Author
Joey Robichaux rides the weekly consultant road warrior circuit. He speaks at management conferences and maintains dozens of web sites, including one of the oldest and largest free sheet music websites on the internet -- Free Sheet Music at http://www.freesheetmusic.net.
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