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Stopping Short of Excellence – Overcoming “Good Enough”
By: Admin
As leaders, we all know that good enough doesn’t cut it. But in today’s lean and remote organizations, teams tend to accept “Good Enough”, which checks the box so that they can move on to the next critical issue in the business. It is a potential trap that can lead to mediocrity and subpar performance. It can create: …Read More
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The Engagement Dilemma with a Remote Workforce
By: Jim Gitney
Productivity is down over the last two years and continuing to decline
- 66% of employees feel do not feel engaged.
- 80% of strategies don’t realize their intended value.
- 60% of CEO’s don’t believe their team does a good job of implementing strategy.
These are compelling numbers that all business leaders should take note of. These numbers are …Read More
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Podcast: Applying the Business Hierarchy of Needs® to Increase Employee Engagement with Jim Gitney
By: Admin
With the recent downturn in productivity across corporate America and the significant increase in remote work, Host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Jim Gitney, CEO of Group50 Consulting and author of Strategy Realized – The Business Hierarchy of Needs, where Jim discusses ways to significantly increase employee engagement in the development and implementation of business strategy through his patented framework. …Read More
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Change Management in the Current Environment
By: Jim Gitney
Over the last few months, none of us have been operating as usual. Swift action has taken place in all parts of every business. Actions that typically would take months of reviews and decision making have been done in weeks, days and hours. In trying times, we bypass the strict regimen of decision making and discard many of the minor concerns that get in the way of quick decision making. That is possible because business teams have …Read More
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Leveraging the Paycheck Protection Act – Team Based Process Re-engineering
By: Jim GitneyIn the next few weeks, companies with under 500 employees will start receiving payments from the Paycheck Protection Act and all companies will continue to make important decisions on how to structure themselves to deal with the current downturn and prepare themselves for the future (Here is one view of the future …Read More
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Employee Evaluations: Recent research further proves their ineffectiveness
By: AdminA very interesting read on recent research that indicates that we, as senior leaders, really do need to reconsider how we provide feedback to our employees: vis a vis, something different than yearly static employee evaluations. If you wanted any more evidence that traditional performance appraisal methods are (at best) counter-productive, then new research …Read More
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Stopping Short Of Excellence
By: AdminThe majority of organizations fail to consistently implement their strategic objectives. As a result, they are “Stopping Short Of Excellence®“. There are three primary reasons for this:
- A lack of a vision
- Clearly articulated strategies
- Engaged and accountable employees. In the short presentation below, !–more–>Jim Gitney, the CEO of Group50 provides more insight to these issues and reviews how organizations can create an effective strategic implementation process.
Any size company or non-profit is capable of achieving excellence with a little bit of guidance and a few basic approaches. We can present this material to your senior leadership team, provide a one day workshop on creating a roadmap for your company to consistently achieve your objectives or do an audit of your current strategic implementation process. If you would like to find out more about Group50’s process for consistently achieving your strategic objectives go here or contact us at +1 (626) 644-9746. -
Introducing a New Strategic Execution and Performance Management Tool: Cascade
By: Jim Gitney
Group50 has introduced a new cost effective cloud based performance management and strategic execution tool called Cascade. This system provides clients with the ability to achieve higher levels of employee engagement, monitor key strategy implementation, focus on cultural and performance objectives throughout the organization and institutionalize winning behaviors throughout their company.
Companies who have implemented Cascade have seen significant improvement in their operating performance at all levels.
Read more about utilizing Cascade for:About Group50® specializes in the development and implementation of manufacturing and supply chain strategies. The Group50 team are all former executives with well-known manufacturing and distribution companies who understand what it takes to put together and manage the implementation of a successful strategic plan. Group50 has designed a series of strategic assessments, workshops and strategic execution tools that eliminate the existence of Anti-StrategyTM. You can reach us at +1 (626) 644-9746, request more information here or send a note to info@group50.com.
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The Performance Management Conundrum
By: Admin
Senior Leaders who have performance management and employee engagement as a strategic objective face a conundrum. As we continue to dig into corporate needs, the same message continues to come through. Senior management knows that the economy isn’t going to allow them to resume the upward trajectory of growth like the good old days. As we continue to discuss ways to achieve these objectives, the conversation always comes back to performance management: Doing more with what you have. As any leader knows, …Read More
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Employee Engagement and Performance Management
By: Admin
Over the past few years it has been well documented that technology can significantly improve employee engagement and performance management. We see that networking has significantly increased the ability of people to accelerate their business dealings and personal relationships. Just about everyone in the workforce is familiar …Read More