"Our senior team are individually talented, but they seem to squabble so much. How do I fix it?"
No matter how carefully you have recruited the leaders for your organisation, there will be times when they just aren’t ‘gelling’ and are pretty ineffective. Most companies attempt to solve this by sending them off on some kind … Continue reading
"I'm sick and tired of people constantly resisting our change programme. It must happen!"
If ever there were two words that mean everything and nothing at the same time, Change Management would surely win the Gold. Any manager who has been around a while can tell you that most significant projects fail. In the … Continue reading
“I’m sure we recruited some good people, but they’re not delivering their full potential. Why not?”
The saying goes that if you recruit the right people, show them how to do their job…and support their learning and development – you’ll have no ‘people problems’. Unfortunately, most organisations don’t do this. For a start, they … Continue reading
"If I have to sort out one more conflict with our suppliers, I'll swing for someone"
It is amazing to listen to the language of Procurement Teams, Buyers and Sales folk – and then see what actually happens. Far too often, we have seen organisations talk to their clients and suppliers about “Partnership”, “Collaboration” … Continue reading
"The community we're in doesn't realise what a great organisation we are. Why can't they see?"
A Director, A Middle Manager and a Front-line person walk into a bar… Actually, they don’t. What happens all too often nowadays is that they get into their individual cars (or hop on public transport) and arrive at … Continue reading
"Yes, we want to serve our customers, but what on earth will make them happy?"
The world is changing faster and faster, and customer expectations also continually rise. Of course, part of the problem is that customers cannot clearly tell you what it is that they actually want…now…let alone tomorrow! Just as Ford … Continue reading
"No two ways about it, we've got to cut our costs. Not tomorrow. Right NOW."
Here at Progression Partnership we are major fans of Taiichi Ohno and W Edwards Deming. Therefore, we know that organisations that focus on cutting costs almost always INCREASE their costs as a result. Why? Because this leads them … Continue reading
"I don't know. It's all kind of.... Argh! Can I just give you a ring and chat it through?"
Sometimes everything is just a bit rubbish. You can’t put your finger on it. It’s not horrendous. It’s not the end of the world. But something just isn’t as good as it could be. It’s just that you’re … Continue reading
