Business only ever does three things – make money, save money and manage risk. Any activity that does not contribute into one or more of these processes, is a waste of time.
Now why would I open a personal professional bio with that line? Because it's my job to help managers make sure that they have a team focused on and working at those three processes, with minimal management intervention.
So it amazes me that every time over the last 35 years or so that I start working in business, I hear from managers, “If I never had to manage people I’d actually enjoy my job!” What happened between “I can’t wait to become a manager” and the reality of being a manager? What happened to make this person so dissatisfied with their management role?
The answer is that 1) they’re inadvertantly breaking the management rules. And as there is no more important business relationship than that of an employee and line manager, they simply cannot afford to break the rules! And 2) They’re trying to get their staff to comply with outdated, misaligned, standard and compliance focused KPI’s. These two issues create a demotivated, reluctantly compliant workforce, when what we need is a willingly compliant, performing work force.
So that's what I do. I give managers the tools and processes to use to move their staff from reluctant compliance, through willing compliance and on to willing performance.
Surprise surprise, high performance and effectiveness are in-built in everyone’s DNA - it's something that people access every day in their personal lives! Yet when they come to work, we struggle to get them to even meet minimum standards and requirements. Why? Our management processes do not allow the “performance center” of the brain, that we all use every day in our personal lives, to do its job. We are applying “compliance drivers” that switch off the performance center of the brain. If we want willing performance, we should be applying “performance drivers” that switch on the performance center of the brain. The fact is, that high performance is never an accident. Neither is it a given. But it is the job of the manager.
Please understand; what I do is NOT a Performance Management training course. It is an interactive management coaching program designed to give managers the tools and processes that they need to use, to move their staff from reluctant compliance, through willing compliance and on to willing performance.
"Performance is never an accident. It is always the result of a
commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort."
- Paul J. Meyer
The corporate Management coaching program is done with a group of no more than 15 managers at a time; in an organisation.
Contact me on the form below or call me now on 082 456 5481, for you and I to have an in-depth discussion - or a few - about your unique reasons for requiring this program, your specific challenges and your expectations of the results.
The Individual Management coaching program is done with one manager at a time.
Contact me on the form below or call me now on 082 456 5481, for you and I to have an in-depth discussion - or a few - about your unique reasons for requiring this program, your specific challenges and your expectations of the results, either for yourself, or for a manager in your organisation.