About the Book
The book provides information to help the reader leapfrog 40 years of experience with hundreds of lessons learned in leading, managing, succeeding, and sometimes coming up short. The 25 strategies outline specific, proven approaches in government and industry that will position the reader to better lead and manage any size or type of organization.
Table of Contents
The book contains 25 Strategies in a bulletized format to enhance readability and expedite review. They are:
- Take Care of Yourself
- Plan Your Career
- Fall in Love with Learning
- Take Some Quiet Time
- Practice Time Management
- Be a Leader
- Create a Positive Work Environment
- Communicate
- Take Care of the Boss
- Picking New Leadership Team Members Wisely
- Taking Care of the People and the Organization
- Staff for a Stable Labor Force
- Hire the Veteran
- Control Compensation
- Ensure Customer Satisfaction
- Make Quality a Top Priority
- Establish a Process Management System
- Engage in Program Management
- Control Overhead
- Protect Proprietary Information
- Use Strategic Planning
- Plan for Contingencies
- Form Business Alliances
- Know the Competition
- Understand Snakes, Alligators, and Weasels
The strategies fall into three basic categories. The first, strategies 1-9 and 25, centers on you as leader and manager and are more personal in nature.
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Consult and Coach ...
Based on 40 years of diverse experience we provide advice on a wide range of subjects to include: organizational structure, positive work environments, communications, staffing, compensation, first-time quality, process management, customer satisfaction initiatives, program management, controlling overhead, business alliances, trade secret protection, and contingency planning, among others.
We offer coaching techniques to enhance competitiveness, professional image, time management, leadership and management skill sets, career planning, and techniques in dealing with malevolent, ineffective personalities.
Communication Products ...
We can prepare various communication products such as executive policies and memos, organizational newsletters and bulletins, customer communications and performance measures among others; if desired, the product could include visuals.
Organizational Processes ...
We extend a variety of service, templates, and checklists to document and streamline organizational processes geared to elevate performance while reducing costs and non-value-added procedures.
Training Programs ...
We can furnish basic training templates or finished products for O&F (Organizational and Functions) presentations, safety, facility and proprietary security, emergency responses, and program management, among others.
What We Charge ...
Very little, if anything. Please see the store for a product list that is regularly expanded. Unless we are asked to prepare some form of a plan, communication, process, or strategy that requires an appreciable amount of time and resources, many of our services are free. However, we happily accept donations for two special activities that can be processed at our Store, they are:
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Value Statement
- My primary goal is to help individuals “leapfrog” many years of experience through strategies developed and nurtured from doing things that worked and some that did not. I can confirm that several of my methods were the result of an “if at first you don’t succeed…” approach. My purpose is that my experiences will help position individuals to be more successful as managers, leaders, executives, or entrepreneurs.
- I have had the honor of working for and supporting some of the most phenomenal leaders and managers one could find in government and industry. Thanks to these individuals, I was exposed to innumerable government and industry decision-making discussions, program reviews, inspection debriefings, and executive-level meetings that affected multimillion and multibillion-dollar programs that involved thousands of workers and hundreds of suppliers.
- From these leaders, I learned how to create a positive work environment, measure success, fix problems, manage crises, encourage people to excel in the job they have, and motivate individuals to be creative –to “push the envelope.”
- Conversely, I had the misfortune of working for several of the most ineffective individuals one hopes to avoid. From there, I learned what not to do and how to turn off the people assigned to complete the mission.
- I am a true believer in first-time quality and supplying perfected responses. Based on individual requirements, I will be the first to recommend that any person seek help elsewhere if I do not consider my experiences to be value-added!
Our advice is based on 40 years of successes in multidisciplined organizations in government and industry.
