Speed Lead® Consulting and Training
Successful companies grow, and as they grow, they become larger and more complex. Eventually, internal and external complexity can make the organization slower, more expensive to run and less satisfying to work in.
Too many pointless meetings and conference calls, unnecessary emails and corporate reporting, high levels of escalation and poor job satisfaction are symptoms that the way we are managing people cannot cope with this new level of complexity.
The traditional remedies of more teamwork, meetings, communication and expense just make things worse. Working harder and spending more time and money on travel and communication is not the answer.
Based on our book Speed Lead® - faster, simpler ways to manage people, projects and teams in complex companies – our unique Speed Lead® process is a systematic program for speeding up and simplifying the way people work together in complex matrix, virtual and international organizations.
We benchmark your organization against some typical time stealers to see how you compare and to construct a specific improvement target.
Our Speed Lead® process focuses on 4 key areas:
- Simplifying cooperation – We think there is too much cooperation going on in most complex companies. Our clients tell us they spend 40% of their time in meetings and less than 50% of this time is worthwhile. We introduce simpler and more focused ways of working that save time, reduce cost and increase satisfaction with teamwork, meetings and conference calls.
- Streamlining communication – We think lack of communication is a problem of the past. Our clients tell us they get far too much, poor quality communication – including an average of 8,000 unnecessary emails per person per year. We help reduce the volume and improve the quality of communication.
- Decentralizing control – We think real control must be fast and close to the action. Our systematic management process for building capability and applying control at the right level can help you deliver faster with more capable people.
- Lean communities – We think far too much attention is paid to teambuilding and not enough to new forms of community. We can help construct the types of community you need to make cooperation more cost effective.
Contact us quickly to see how the Speed Lead® consulting process can help you deliver faster, at lower cost and with improved job satisfaction.
See more about our targeted Speed Lead® Save a day a week program.
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View a flash movie with sound on cooperation, communication, control and community - the 4Cs at the heart of the Speed Lead ® approach.
