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Oh, what a relief it is! The old Alka-Seltzer jingle suggests a plan and process to obtain relief from whatever ails you. How do organizations obtain relief from the headaches caused by ongoing challenges? More specifically, how do businesses acquire and maintain a high-performance model? Simply put...they achieve focus! The solution I am talking about involves the implementation of a unique process that embraces the heart and soul of an organization—the vision—to determine what matters most. This process will achieve focus on what you want to accomplish rather than haphazardly applying a range of off-the-shelf solutions. How is this done? Picture a quadrant of perspectives: awareness, planning, development, and results management. Awareness is your key to positive change. Leader directed positive change is not about direction; instead, it is all about transformation. The more the leader knows, the greater the effectiveness of managing change. Creating such awareness brings forth a level of understanding for both the organization and its leaders regarding current capacity, abilities, potential, and results. This clarity improves organizational analysis, hiring and staffing decisions, team building, communication, culture, and leadership style. Planning is the heartbeat of performance. Organizations managed by a specific plan and strategy significantly out-perform less well-managed organizations of equal capabilities. Planning and strategy become a significant competitive advantage. Low performers tend to be directed by day-to-day operations, situations, and circumstances. Research shows that the top performers manage operations by a specific plan and strategy. Businesses that focus on what matters most adopt a continuous planning process directed and supported by top leadership. Development unlocks potential. Locked behind the ingrained habits and attitudes of people lie vast reserves of unused potential for any organization. Every organization experiences gaps between performance and potential. Effective organizations continuously seek to narrow those gaps. Research shows that the average organization uses only a small percentage of its existing potential. An organization can transform itself by simply developing 10% of the unused potential of its people. Imagine a continuous development process that builds a results-based leadership culture, effective managers, and enhanced productivity. Results management is the critical success factor. The most well designed plan and strategy is only as good as its implementation. Failure in strategic planning is usually the result of ineffective results management. Effective organizations measure specific, daily results that are tied directly to the plan and strategy. With a simple but comprehensive results management system, daily action steps become a strong motivational force. In business, what produces the plop, plop, fizz, fizz that brings relief? Achieve focus on what matters most through awareness, planning, development, and results management. All areas of an organization can enjoy significant productivity boosts by releasing the reserve of untapped potential locked away in the current workforce. This opportunity emphasizes an unchanging factor in business: people remain central to challenges and successes. Do you have the process in place to release the untapped potential of your business? Are you ready to achieve focus on what matters most? For more information on personal and professional productivity, please visit my blog. http://www.achievefocus.com/blog/ A bit of background...I love helping people achieve focus to accomplish more in life. My passion is developing leaders of leaders. Through enhanced productivity, I'll show you how to turn your goals into gold. Using a unique process, you'll enjoy the kind of balanced life that others only dream. Careful...you keep me talking and you'll end up wanting what I have!
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