Management with Mr. Mission Possible Ron Sturgeon
Improve your management skills with expert consulting
If you or your business needs some guidance with your management then Mr. Mission Possible Ron Sturgeon can get you taken care of. He has the expert knowledge and experience to improve your skills in managing employees so you have a better grasp on how to measure employee performance. When it comes to measuring performance it’s important to know certain indicators you should be looking for so you can know how to assess the employee and help them out by offering constructive criticism on areas that could be improved. A lot of businesses like to think they have a firm grasp on what the performance indicators are but are usually missing the mark and that is where Mr Mission Possible comes in.
He will take a look at your business plan to see what strategies and tactics you have in place and will then assess what the employees are doing to make sure your target goal is getting accomplished. He can help you find ways to improve performance and productivity by keeping track of progress over a certain amount of time so your company can see the improvements yourself. A performance dashboard is a great way to keep track of progress and how fast progress is being made.
Find out ways to measure your performance management at your workplace
We understand that some businesses might get a little uncomfortable when it comes to performance management and keeping track of employee progress on a detailed scale. Mr Mission Impossible is not here to intimidate employees or fire them but to improve their productivity by finding tasks and projects that could be done in a much more efficient way. There are even team building training exercises that can be done to improve everyone’s productivity as a unit because with the right training exercises the employees will have improved their communication with one another.
He will then meet with management to discuss some of the key performance indicators that can be improved and will help you take the proper procedures to make sure your goals are met and productivity has increased. This is something you should keep track of after your consultation with Ron is over and there is even kpi software that can help you stay organized. Either way Mr Mission Possible can help your business get the extra edge to push you above your competition so contact us for small business management consulting you can rely on.
Herding catsThis one is my second favorite term, after green weenie. Herding cats is a tough chore. In business, it translates as managing a group of people that are hard to control or direct. Imagine trying to keep dozens of cats all headed in the same direction focused on the same results. I first heard it applied during a discussion of a consolidation of a bunch of mom-and-pop salvage yards. The owners stayed on. They all had their own ideas of how to run the consolidated business.
Though not technically wrong, as most of them had been successful managers, they held sharply different ideas on running the business. Following the consolidation, each previous owner continued running his operation as a freestanding unit and resisted standard practices and directives issued from headquarters. Now that would be a CEO's herding nightmare!
The term can also mean trying to direct employees who don't work well together. My favorite use of the term, however, came in a memo about private stock placements. A decision was needed on whether to offer $1 million either in $250,000 shares to four investors or in $10,000 shares to 100 investors. Investors always have their own ideas about how things should be done, what went wrong and how you could have done better. Each will want to have his or her hand held and get regular progress reports. The business decided that if you're going to herd cats, four is much easier, so he turned down all the small investors. Herding 100 shareholders is impractical, if not impossible, and will definitely drive one crazy.
Herding cats
an illustration by Gahan Wilson from Ron's Book "Green Weenies and Due Diligence"
