how to survive the recession
TRANSCRIPT
Once upon a time
Brilliant Leaders
Fast Growth
Cutting edge methodologies
Projects and Programmes delivering ‘on time and to budget’…..
Organisations were not worried
A return on investment was being seen
Benefits were being realised
Senior Managers were happy with business cases showing £££ and solutions making customers happy
And the workplace came upon challenging economic times
Until the recession hit the UK market
The Leaders became anxious
Budgets disappointed
Profits plummeted
Projects fell hopelessly behind schedule
The Finance Director was not confident where the organisations money was being spent
Stress skyrocketed
Morale Plunged
Fingers were being pointed at middle managers for weak business cases
Discontentment ruled the day
Fear flooded the workplace
The Leaders searched
Desperate for anything to stem the bleeding
Finally, a strong VOICE rang out,
“Clearly you were looking for answers
But had you asked the right questions?”
“Are you asking questions?”
“And are you really listening?”
“What are you hearing?”
“do you have the right people in the right jobs?”
“are you willing to change the way you do things?”
“why is ‘change’ failing?”
“do you know about all your projects/programmes?”
“what benefits are we actually realising?”
“Have you asked your people,
- one on one?
- for their views and ideas?”
“Have you created an environment that promotes a comprehensive focus on achieving strategic objectives and top performance?”
The Leaders listened to THE VOICE
And something magical happened
They tackled the hard issues……
Starting with their own team of leaders…… senior managers
They matched strengths to work
Opened their minds, got them to accept accountability
They sat down with their people ……
asked questions
analysed all their projects and programmes
…….and made the first step
…….. they discovered Benefit Realisation Management
Key values were re-discovered
And resurrected
Employees flourished
the company recovered
Consolidation, optimisation and maximisation of resources, finances, benefits …………..all aligned to strategy …….. It was happening
benefits were realised….. efficiency savings made……. costs reduced….. processes leaner……performance improved…….ROI achieved
and once again became the perfect workplace
profited happily ever after
It reached new heights never before envisaged
All because they listened to…….
THE VOICE
…………listen to THE VOICE of The Change Emporium (TCE)
www.thechangeemporium.com