February 2013
What our clients are saying... "I have learned a great deal from Jeannine over the past 15 years both at Niagara University and JBM Consulting. She always "gets" the whole picture and is dedicated to doing what is right. Jeannine's human resource background serves her well as the smart, thorough and caring professional that I have come to respect." - Dottie Austin, Principal, Career Partners International Buffalo/Niagara
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Greetings!
New Year...New Focus... As you continuously think about improving business revenues and focusing on those expenses that can be eliminated or reduced what are you doing to achieve this? Are you struggling with time to focus on this aspect of your business. If you are like so many others, the answer is yes. Seeking out help in reviewing your business management practices is extremely important. Status Quo is not an option if you want to thrive in this economy. |
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 How do you begin to achieve the level of Accountability, Teamwork, Effective Leadership and productivity/profit that you seek? This question is answered with JBM's proven effective approach to "Building Organization Capacity"...
How do we begin?
Considerations.....- Review financials...like a household budget...what is the "low hanging" fruit to reconsider continuing such as phone services, computer utilization, supplies etc..every dollar counts.
- Review organization structure
- Job "fit" Do you have the right employees in the right jobs?
- Assess "health" of your HR infrastructure...Review current hiring practiceS, performance evaluation system, policies/handbooks, job descriptions...the infrastructure is a critical piece of the puzzle if you want a comprehensive sustainable improvement
- Engage employees...develop strategy to meet with homogeneous groups that will comfortably share the challenges they face in their day to day work
- Teamwork...Move toward creative "problem solving" through empowering employees to guide the process to "get there"
JBM works with teams to develop formal strategies, goals, actions, timetables and measurements to build in a system of continuous improvement and accountability. Employee engagement is key to the success moving forward.
Remember...in order to maintain the performance standards and workplace environment you desire you need good performance management, employee and leadership training and clear communications including strong functional job descriptions.
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