Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Open Forum Management

September 29, 2009 by admin  
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Open Forum Management helps you cultivate a new company culture that increases worker productivity, retention, and therefore, your profits.

 Open Forum Management has 4 important components. These components are very important.  In order for this to work, all 4 components must be implemented.

  1.  Pathfinder: As the leader (business owner or manager) it is your responsibility to impart your vision and goals, articulate your values, and to persuade your team to embrace your vision and come on board with what your goals are.
  2.  Alignment: Identify and assess team members’ personalities, strengths, talents, and weaknesses. Know where they will best fit into the scheme of things. This is aligning all the pieces for the best fit.
  3. Entrust Your Team: With your team members in place, let them do what they do best. Give guidance where it is needed, but have team members use their experience and creativity. 
  4. Role Model: You are a role model to your team! Do what you say, because your team is watching you. You must model the values you want implemented. You can’t just pay lip service, you must be what you say, otherwise you will not be an effective leader.
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