WHAT KIND OF A COMPANY ARE YOU...
We started with the importance of understanding WHY you are doing what you are doing; how do you then build a philosophy that will run through your organization.
This will guide the people around you to make independent decisions where no clear direction has already been defined
You may have a clear understanding of why you are in business, you may have summarized it into a mission statement, business goals or an employee handbook. There will be situations and decisions that cannot be directly informed by the guidelines you have defined. What happens when you are not able to to see everything that happens, what is the guiding philosophy for your organization; how do people make decisions, how do you know that everyone is following a common set of ethics and behaviors.
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We will help you think about what kind of company do you want to be and what the implications of that decision will be.
We will talk through how you make sure that the philosophy is evident in everything you do and that everyone - your team members, your customers and everyone that looks at you - knows who you are and what you stand for.
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Once the consulting firms have left, the business strategy has been published, and everyone has completed leadership training, will they know how to carry your core values into their day to day work?
WHAT KIND OF COMPANY DO YOU WANT TO BE?
In this section we look at how to look at the different elements of your business, we look at the people involved and how you ensure that your philosophy acts as an effective guide and is followed
EVERYTHING SPEAKS
How do you ensure that your philosophy is evident in how the people around you behave, in their working environment and in the products and services you offer your customers
IS IT ACTUALLY HAPPENING?
What are the keys indicators you should be looking for to ensure that your philosophy is guiding and informing the organisation?
how do you ensure that the right behaviors of rewarded and the wrong are corrected?
HOW FAR ARE YOU PREPARED TO GO?
What are the likely effects of your philosophy, who will be affected and what are the likely consequences.
COMMUNICATING THE PHILOSOPHY
How do you communicate the philosophy? Beyond the code of conduct and mission statements, what is the power of story telling and do your actions match your words?
PHILOSOPHY BUILDING BLOCKS
This is where we lay out our plans for future articles in this section
