Views from the Hills by R. E. Stevens, GENESIS II (The Second Beginning) E-Mail views@aol.com

Highly Successful Companies and You

Recently I was asked by two friends, Mike Courtney and Mike Cholak, to give a short luncheon talk to a group of employees at the Matrixx Corporation. The request was for a talk that would be short, interesting to a variety of employees, and of possible day-to-day value.

I chose the topic of personal development. For a model I chose to use the "forced relationship" between what we would agree as "a highly effective company" and "an employee." In other words, take the recognized elements of a highly successful company and relate those elements to an employee.

The format of the presentation was to identify the components of a successful company, determine what components could be eliminated without harm to effectiveness (none), relate the components to an individual and finally encourage the internalization of the components into their day-to-day work habits.

This was a fun presentation to write and give. Hopefully they found it fun and of benefit.

Following is the final overhead of the presentation. It's a little limited without the verbal component, but it should get the point across. I invite you to try the relationship. It can be fun.
 
 
Component

Product
Production
Quality Control
Process Development
   (Improving the task)
Products Research (R&D)
   (Improving the end 
    result)
   (new opportunities)
Advertising
Public Relations -Creating  
    the corporate image.
Sales
Marketing
Accounting
Corporate Management
Company

Solves a need/has
   value/appreciated
Producing the product
Insures Quality product
How can we do the 
    production better?
How can we make the 
    product better?
How can we improve our
    results?
What else can we make of
    value?
Letting people know why  
    they should buy your 
    product.
Selling and Distributing 
    the product
Planning and managing the  
    promotion of the 
    product.
Measuring investment vs.
    return
Managing and planning the 
    process.
Self

What is our value?
How do we solve a 
    need?
How much do we do?
How well is our 
    production 
    line working?
How good of a job do 
    we do?
How can we do the 
    work better?
What else can we do 
    to improve our 
    value?
How can we improve
    awareness of our 
    talents?
How do we improve our 
    image?
How can we convince 
    others to use our 
    talents?
How do we improve our 
    career management?
Assessing our options?
Implementing a career plan.


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