Living the Leadership Role

As a manager, you are part of the leadership, not a spokesperson for your employees, all the way up to the master, team leader and foreman roles. Be clear about this. As a leader, you have a role model function. “Live” the rules that apply in the company and that you expect your employees to …

Business goals via agreements, implementation, tracking

Goals serve as an orientation and align the activities in the company. is one prerequisite; another is the disciplined implementation of suitable measures for .

Setting Goals Using the SMART Principle.

In order to provide orientation and to align all activities with the corporate goal, it is best to agree on goals with your employees that support the achievement of the corporate goal. Of course, the with your employees should also support the achievement of the goals you have agreed with your supervisor. It is important …

Goal pursuit: The consistent implementation

The difference between success and failure usually lies in the consistency of implementation. The knowledge is available, but then there are deviations and delays and finally downward adjustments of goals. Everything gets watered down. Make sure that agreements are kept. Don’t wait until the designated implementation period has passed, but continuously check whether “everything is …

Aligning Short- and Long-Term Goals with Hoshin Kanri

Distinguish between short-term and medium- to long-term goals. Some well-managed companies apply the Japanese Hoshin Kanri concept developed at Toyota. This concept combines short-term operational goals with a long-term focus and is excellent for supporting implementation. Applying the Hoshin Kanri concept prevents work on the long-term strategy from being crowded out by day-to-day operations. Both …

Making successful decisions

Decisions influence whether your company is successful and will continue to be so. Decisions open up possibilities, mark boundaries and shape capabilities, which in turn also affect future decisions. Decisions can lead to market-driven performance with the acquired capabilities within the scope of possibilities, which in turn determine success and stability. Success and stability in …

Issues Requiring Decision Making

Does your company like to make decisions? What issues does your company actually make decisions on? Are these the important decisions? Often banalities are “sold” as decisions, namely issues that have already been decided anyway, because stronger arguments speak for one way and weaker ones against another way. Provided that the essential perspectives have actually …

An appropriate decision-making process

Decisions should not be made “from the hip”. Make sure that decisions go through a proper decision-making process to mature. Decisions become good when you include sufficient . Also form a good in the environment on which your decisions affect. Be aware of the impact of . Promote a in which decisions can be prepared …

Sources of Information as the Basis for Decisions

How are decisions made in your company? Are decisions prepared properly and appropriately in your company? What sources of information are used to develop a basis for decision making? Are the key stakeholders involved? Ensure a balanced basis for decision making by including the expertise and perspectives of those around you. Your own observations and …

Understanding the Interaction of Forces

Understanding the effective interaction of forces is also essential for good decision-making. Interactions lead to dynamics that you should incorporate into the decision-making process. Always imagine what will happen elsewhere if you change something in this place. By dynamically linking all operational functions, you may solve a local problem but cause problems elsewhere in your …

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