Monday, May 21, 2012

Creating Value

As Jim Collins and Jerry Porras published Built to Last, in 1994, all companies are plagued uphold the principles and values ​​act as guidelines and believes that outlines the basic principles and behave is a super important in running the company. However, in practice we often see companies that do not reflect the values ​​are echoed. On the walls of Enron boardroom, there was clear corporate values: Communication, Respect, Integrity, Excellence. However, the company even became so famous because of fraud. Then, where the integrity which was announces? Why is writing on the wall integrity seemed powerless, toothless and meaningless? Is it wrong values ​​to be translated? Is it values ​​and practices at the company simply has nothing to do? When the values ​​and practices in the field do not connect, imagine how difficult it is top management and the leaders 'set' and directing team members. When the value of just being an empty slogan, how team members can truly feel happy and doing meaningful work?

The pursuit of the 'value added '

Almost all the companies put the "customer focus" as one of its value, but we can see the application and its impact can be so different from one company to another company. A company that had put "customer service" as one of its value, even a very narrowly interpret the term "customer service". For the majority of employees, even top leaders, "service" means more to repair the defective product, but it has nothing to do with attention to customer needs will be fast and reliable process. Translation is wrong and not the revelation of the "customer focus" in the range of work procedures and guide decision-making, resulting in difficulty of the individual to "walk the talk". Ends, the value does not seem to be possessed, "no sound". In fact, the values ​​in an institution not only serve to direct behavior, but also as individual adhesive to each other. Do not we immediately felt "close" to those who faith, one mind and agree?

There are also instances where a company canceling of customer orders, since one count in the internal team. In fact, customers already take into account the time of arrival of the goods to run a business. This of course is not only frustrating for employees and customers, but it causes more difficult to lift employee morale. Thus, our challenge is to imagine what the added value that can be given of the values ​​that we profess. In short, the basic principles or "value" companies, institutions or countries, not necessarily heralded heralded when not adding value. If because of the basic principles, customers and employees even made complicated, what is the function and meaning of these principles? However, if this basic principle, be studied, used as a dictionary, used as a benchmark problem solving and ultimately make the individual in the group, more independent in performing their duties then the value would be obtained, either directly or indirectly. Even better if it can guide the behavior is recorded and used as a benchmark for newly hired employees, which is related to ways of making decisions when experiencing difficulties, even in calculating the costs and benefits and risks of the company.

Socialization values ​​not 'Marketing Launch "

Many companies or institutions that are stuck on the symbolic aspects of the value. When finished outlining the company's value, many do we see a massive launch and 'celebration' for, so to speak, "embed" 'values' issue. In fact, we can not instill values, values ​​in the blood stream, and spice up the value in the 'mindset' employees only through the launching. We need a lot to facilitate internalization of the discussions, asked questions and reassure all employees that this is essentially the value of behaving. We can imitate a serious company, held a "planning of values ​​communication" for introduce and discuss complicated cases that need to be addressed according to the true values, even using the "key values ​​indicators' to measure the behavior and achievement. In the difficult and happy, values ​​should be a beacon.

How should we blow that has been outlined it values ​​and benefit from the philosophy of the company, institution or country? First of all, we really have to ask the leader or manager of the institution, whether he actually embrace these values, or he himself is distant and not so regard it. It is also important that the leaders and the leaders could describe these values ​​in the behavior or at least not in the dialogue, speech, problem solving and priority setting. Countries, groups, institutions that citizens "Live Their values" is bound to look attractive, unique, and thus enjoys this as a value added.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Entrepreneur Key To Be Succesfull

In one occasion I was chatting with one of a successful entrepreneur who is also my best friend in the evening accompanied by food presented and the beautiful scenery of the hill, he began to talk about his career and his family.

Here are three insights that I get in about 2 hours of conversation with the businessman.

Entrepreneur First Enlightenment

Entrepreneur: I was born from a family of mediocre but I was someone who continues to dream and have high ideals both for me personally and for my family. One is to lecture my children that I already planned about 10 years ago before I started my own business. I wish to send my children study abroad. I write down my plan or my desires in a paper and I did this before I know you and take your training on goal setting.

On one of my attended motivational training sessions it is how one must have dreams and these ideals must be in writing. Why? Because when you write the goals will be included in your subconscious mind and you will be easier to achieve those goals. At least this has been proven through research in America that people who have written goals and life is much happier and more successful than those who do not have dreams. But unfortunately the research, said that the possession of dreams and written it there were only about 3% only. It turns out this evening I presented with new evidence that the real goal of great writing that we want from a modest figure of this business.

Entrepreneur Second Enlightenment

Entrepreneur that is more important to be successful and enjoy the life that is able to delay gratification. I always instill this to my kids that if they want to buy something outside of the main requirements then they must be patient and wait 1-2 months to get it.

Wow amazing i never expected that, In life generally you want something even reversed when we step on the gas directly without considering the presence or absence of money, even debt-was not an important problem that we get what we want these things. Apparently this entrepreneur principled 180 degrees opposite of the people in general.

I began to think about delaying this pleasure, and finally I remembered back to a study in America for children aged 5-6 years who provided chocolate but was asked to wait 30 minutes just to be eating chocolate. Most kids can not wait so before the 30 minutes they had to eat chocolate and only a small fraction that can last up to 30 minutes to eat it. But what happened 30 years later the child is capable of holding her for 30 minutes of his life was far more successful and happier than others.

Entrepreneur Third Enlightenment

Entrepreneur: I always educate my children to pray, disciplined, responsible and able to control myself with pleasure since I was a little put off until they become adults like this. I do it consistently and currently I enjoy the results, even though my children study abroad and not with me but they kept on praying, disciplined, responsible and able to control himself.

Consistency is the simple things we must do to produce something extraordinary. It is sometimes not easy to be consistent with the principle but force-willing or forced to voluntarily and with full discipline was able to deliver outstanding results. An illustration of how great consistency and discipline are turned out by investing only $1 per month for 50 years would generate an amount of $10,000,000.00. Yes you read that right one dollar become a ten million dollar

To sum up

Entrepreneur that are understated it has indirectly knitting a secret key to success for every person that is making a clear and written goals, delay gratification and consistent in doing the little things that support the goals are.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Community Leadership

In a never-ending economic crisis and unpredictable, there are still another crisis, which felt, discussed, but never rose to the surface with a clear, namely a sense of caring and sense of belonging. We can see that it was created "distance" between employees and companies, between officials and the people. Likewise, the empathy of the people was almost non-existent in their leaders. What causes it? Not infrequently, policies or actions taken by the leaders, especially in times of crisis, does not reflect a concern for humans in groups and on the "community" of his. When the company experienced financial shocks, almost certainly to do is cut the cost of human resources to maintain profits, such as cutting facility, terminate an employee development program, let alone the CSR program. Indirect result of man who became a major supporter of economic course, company or institution is a dulling of feelings and indifference to the feelings of others, which is really important adhesive in the organization. Injection of funds by the effort to make the company healthy again and restore the motivation of employees, often look in vain.

Companies or government agencies is necessary to "re-engagement". Management practices and leadership need to be revisited. The leaders, directors, state officials, while now most of the den or sitting in a plush conference room, announced the goal should be achieved, emphasizing the direction of the company, without the 'down' and try to touch the individual to improve the performance of subordinates. They seemed to sit on top of the pyramid, hard down and really can not know what's going on 'in' pyramid. Leadership can make them as 'separate' from subordinates. Is not this a fatal error? Was this be an effective ways to lead like this?

Not in the "Peak", but in the "Middle"
We certainly have to wonder if a leader could not 'enter' into his own community. In fact, the community exists and it is very necessary. We all know how Barack Obama won the presidential election through the power of community is built in a relatively short time. Communities have the effect of social glue 'magic' and can make a remarkable group of performers. In a meeting, an Islamic bank's CEO, suggested that his men invited to jointly distribute charity revenue, through the company's CSR program. Employees are asked to set aside 20% bonus and donate it to participate in the company's CSR program. This activity not only makes them easy to integrate tramp, but while giving pride because they are able to perform the role of both personal and social role in balance. Thus, the community pushed himself to care about the place of work, coworkers, and the environment ..

It is also often overlooked is the communication situation. Many leaders who, instead of thinking about how communications down, even he himself had practiced direct communication with a comfortable-comfortable. A CEO who realizes that the bureaucracy in the company has been severely hampered and troublesome, change the entire "office layout", became a ward of directors, which requires no privacy at all, so they can easily interact with each other, if you need a little scream, and with him. He also encouraged the revival of communication "face to face 'and use the blackboard for recording and reminders. A leader who is in the 'center' group, still have a strong work on data and factual works. Besides men will also be educated to work accurately, he was better able to improve the performance of his subordinates in this way.

Awaken the "Power to Act"
In his new book Community: The Structure of belonging Peter Block said, that an environment will only change when there is a group of people who find themselves "power to act" and not wait for leaders to do something. Peter Block says these people as "the remnants of community" or "crumbs" community, which actually has the power of obsessive-powered and dedicated large. It is clear that the utilization of community dynamics is different from the attitude of treating people in the organization as 'manpower' alias workers. At the time the pharmaceutical companies collapsed financially and trying to maintain profits, whether companies think that there are still forces that are still obsessing research to find cure for deadly diseases and not just creating a drug to be traded? At the time of recriminations, to save themselves from charges of corruption, whether the authorities noticed that there are still idealistic individuals that have great confidence that this country will get better?

Leaders who want to move the group in today's need to invite the group to see the company's goals, making short-term measures of success and give employees the opportunity to find their own way to achieve it. All the people who work at Google know that he works aims to make information easily identified and accessed. Knowledge is what aroused 'life force' and organizational life. So, when we first concentrate on the good performer, contributing to corporate profits, then there is no harm we look at individuals who are highly motivated and obsessed about something related to the organization. Liberate their imaginations and take the initiative and give support. In this way we have lit a fuse that will motivate companies unexpectedly enormous impact on a company or institution.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

What Kind of Character Needed To Became Billionaires

Everyone wants the independence to do enterprise in the way they choose. There is so much power in running your own enterprise – and having a enterprise that operates itself, which for many individuals is the greatest objective.

Making money is not the only objective of becoming an on the internet wealthy – it’s about independence. Many individuals across the world are skilled with suffering from this independence daily. How can you become one of these people? What type of daily life, and enterprise, do you want to run? Would you like to be able to check your e-mail from your private plane? These are the kinds of targets many individuals have in thoughts when they begin to create ahead with their businesses. But in reality that the vibrant and the effective – the money off and on the internet – have about nine features in common, not that different from a lot of individuals we all know. Most of them display some or all of these. The reality of the matter is that we all have the potential for success – if we can train ourselves to keep this in thoughts as we go about our enterprise day.

1. They do not liability. Successful businesspeople don't liability others. Instead of generating justifications for bad results, or reassigning liability to others, they make a chance to master from their own faults.

2. They are major. Millionaire-types have a perspective. They take quick, major measures arranged with that perspective. They are measures driven, always forcing forward toward their targets.

3. They believe in their feelings. If something seems like it’s not quite right, they believe in that thought. If an opportunity turns on them and appears to be like a technique, they go for it.

4. They are singly targeted on their CORE enterprise. Successful business owners may be influenced by thoughts, but they always remain true to their perspective. They concentrate on possibilities that are arranged with their company's purpose. If you provide full price items on eBay, do not try property the next day. They do not get off track. They may provide their items on eBay, write articles, concentrate on combined projects, and go to promotion classes, but all of their initiatives, and FOCUS, help them move toward their priority objectives.

5. They are promotion targeted. Millionaires, such as such leaders as Expenses Entrance, comprehend the significance of developing on their core enterprise. They seek the services of individuals with areas of experience in promotion. They work tirelessly at developing their subscriber list, getting visibility, and are regularly looking for ways to getting to a broader visitors. If you want to develop a good income, you provide goods and services. If you want to be extremely vibrant, then you create and control marketplaces. The key to your enterprise, and creating incredible achievements, is promotion.

6. They comprehend the significance of training. Successful businesspeople are always discovering and illustrating from other individuals encounters. They pay attention to how other individuals have obtained their achievements, especially if these individuals have experience in another market. They are regularly discovering about new methods and techniques, and planning on how they can utilize it to their own enterprise.

7. They are not frightened of generating faults. Any big company on the internet will tell you that they have had their share of negatives, even such leaders as eBay or Craig’s List. Mistakes are prevents for achievements – by generating faults, you master what works, and what does not. You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going. We all get some things wrong, and one of the most highly effective things you can do is learn reviews from them. Opinions is an excellent way to master from your customers and fellow workers. You need to look at reviews and take it with a touch of suspicion - it helps you master and grow. See your faults as discovering lessons

8. They design their enterprise for achievements. Web money design other individuals, techniques, and systems. They regularly look for designs of achievements in daily life and think about how to include things like these classes into their own technique. They even look at their rivalry for solutions. Whatever market you're in, join to some market updates, buy their items, and master HOW they create achievements.

9. They develop a group to depend on. No matter what level you are in with your enterprise, you have got to realize that you simply cannot do it all. You cannot be an professional in everything. You want to create an excellent group of individuals. How can you discover them? Go to classes and classes. Develop your social media skills. You are going to often discover that like oriented individuals that are out there regularly discovering and visiting, classes and classes. Getting vibrant is a group game. You have to have individuals that are entertaining you on, stimulating your achievements.

These are some built in features of enterprise money. Can you utilize them to your enterprise and your daily life, too? Of course you can. If you can keep these concepts in thoughts, you have got the wealthy attitude. No, you are not going to get there instantaneously. Creating a thousand $$$ takes a little while. You cannot create a thousand bucks if you have not made your first hundred or so. So concentrate on the first hundred or so, first thousand, and first hundred or so thousand. Considering this way goes a long way toward your targets – finding achievements, getting money, and living the type of daily life you want to live.