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Managance -
Pronounced: ma-nij- ən(t)s\ -noun Managance is about organizing, administering and supervising
with intention to produce great results. Managance Above is about
going over the top and exceeding expectations in achieving your mission.
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Questions To Inspire Your Strategic Thinking
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Beginning with this edition of Managance Above, you will find
one or more strategic questions following each feature story. We
invite you to use them at board meetings, staff meetings, retreats and more to
inspire new levels of management and performance in your organizations. We
also welcome your suggestions of strategic questions we should share in future
newsletters. Please email your ideas to drhinden@managance.com.
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Drucker's Five Questions Still Have Awesome Power
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The Five Most Important Questions (You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization) by Peter Drucker was first released in 1993. It was reissued in Spring 2008 with a blend
of Drucker's original insights and fresh perspective from contemporary thought
leaders Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, Jim Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V. Kasturi Rangan
and Frances Hesselbein. As I read the
new book - which Managance Consulting had a small part in developing - I was delightedly reminded
of the creative canvas Drucker's first three questions create for high
performance - 1) know your mission, 2) know your customers and 3) know what
your customers value. I was gratefully challenged too. Drukers final two questions demand focus for
high performance - 4) define your results and 5) develop your plan. In
these questions Drucker also reminds us that we need to be courageous to abandon
or change activities that no longer add value, are duplicative, or just might be done better by someone else. Tradition should not justify the allocation of
resources; producing results that are sufficiently outstanding does.
- When did you last assess the value your organization creates for your customers?
- Are your results sufficiently outstanding from your customer's perspective?
For more information: www.fivequestionsbook.com or www.amazon.com
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Wisdom Across the Ages Shared At the Nonprofit Congress
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The moderator asked us to imagine that we were seated
together in a comfortable living room with 400+ of our closest friends. In that "family" community space five generations
of nonprofit leaders passed down some of their pearls of wisdom.
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Don't wait to be invited to the table, find your voice and
make the path. - Florence Green - California Association of
Nonprofits
- The time is always right to do what is right. - Michael Weekes - Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers
- Don't forget the past; we must respect the sacrifices of
those who came before us. - Sheri Brady - W.K.
Kellogg Foundation
- Depending on how I live my life this world will be the
difference between better or worse; I choose to make it better. - Frank R. Lopez - Nonprofit Enterprise Center
- If you have something to say, step up and say it. - Rick Cohen - National Council of Nonprofit Association.
Across these five generations each leader was loud and clear
- the impact we make is about the responsibility each of us chooses to take.
- What have you learned from other nonprofit leaders that you find inspiring?
- Where can you speak out or take action that matters before the end of 2008?
For more information: www.nonprofitcongress.org |
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Focused, Limited and Concentrated: A Recipe for Organization Transformation
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Being focused, limited and concentrated, along with a fresh
strategic plan, are the keys Bob Gaylord (Retired Army Brigadier General) is using to
open IDEA to a new level of
success. IDEA is progressive data
synchronization and eCommerce company based in Northern VA. Bob took the helm of IDEA at the end 2007
following a distinguished career in the Army and as CEO at the Leader to Leader
Institute in New York. In his experience, in today's
fast-paced business environment where the pressure for results has never been higher,
leaders must be strategic in their thinking, courageous in their decisions and
intentional in their actions. Being focused
narrows the field to clearly define the terms of engagement with your team and
your customers. Being limited establishes
boundaries to master what your organization does. Being concentrated targets strategies for investing
in your team and meeting the needs of your customers. These themes are also reflected in the new
strategic plan that Managance Consulting helped IDEA develop in the
Spring/Summer 2008. The plan has three
focused, limited, and concentrated goals that are a direct response to what
IDEA's customers said they want the company to achieve.
- What would it look like if your organization was more focused, limited and concentrated?
- What should be your organization's top strategic priorities the next twelve months?
For more information: www.idea-esolutions.com |
