Lasting performance is built from the teams up to the reason for being.
Six parts, from the foundation to the direction. Each rests on reference works, and each has its own page: what the literature says, what we do with it in our work, and what it would change for you.
Ultimate goal
A reason for being that everyone can see from their workstation
At the top of the house, above profit, sits the reason for being. Not a poster slogan: the yardstick that lets a team decide on its own, and in the right direction, when management is not in the room.
ReadProfitable today and tomorrow
Making money, now and in the future
The roof of the house states a company’s goal without false modesty: to make money. The word that matters is “tomorrow”. Being profitable this quarter is easy; staying profitable is a discipline.
ReadSystems Thinking
The system makes the performance
The beam ties the two pillars together. It is a reminder that results are not won department by department: they depend on how customer demand travels through the whole organisation, from suppliers to delivery.
Read+ Capacity
Serve more customers, without heavy investment
The left-hand pillar rests on capacity. Before buying a machine, hiring or building, there is almost always hidden capacity in the flow: waiting, changeovers, breakdowns, queues.
Read+ Added value (quality)
Serve better: quality right first time
The right-hand pillar rests on added value. Quality achieved right first time costs less than quality inspected in, and it lets you sell at the right price.
ReadFulfilled and competent
Fulfilled and competent teams: the foundation that holds the house up
The base of the house is people. Engaged, competent teams bring costs down for good, because they see problems, raise them and fix them. It is the part executives skip because it sounds soft; it is the hardest.
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