As business leaders or managers, we all have been confronted with
extreme VUCA business context, adding complexity to already partly dysfunctional operations.
These situations are more likely to appear for SMEs because of :
• greater
volatility of their businesses, often with
intensified competition,
• key person dependency
• a mono-brand or mono-activity business model, thus increasing sensitiveness.
With material consequences
internally (lesser commitment from teammates, lack of business sense) and
externally (first market share or financial losses…).
INTUITION & PARADOX
The most frustrating issue here is that acting CEO, investor and/or board are deeply involved, pouring cash and resources into the business, but there is a glitch. And you all know that.
ROOT CAUSE(S) …
Diving into your inner operations, the key challenge is to identify the top root cause(s), the one(s) generating confusion or hardships. Which is not a easy task since you live & breathe in it on a daily basis. An external pair of eyes along with senior experience may help.
… but NOT ONLY
Assessing the situation is the first step that we are immediately going to combine with :
• anchoring your SME on steady landmarks : long term values, expectations, reasons & ways to artiulate operatiobs, vision ...
• scanning creatively arm-length alternative business opportunities, using a 360° iterative method designed to improve the economic efficiency of SMEs.
AFFORDABLE CONSULTING SERVICE
By sharing our efficiency improvement method along with a few more tips & hints and …. a senior external viewpoint, you are quickly going to be feel empowerment and autonomy in implementing the right initiatives addressing specifically the right issues.
No more costly internal committees needed. Actually, the exact opposite : teammates, with whom you/we are going to share this method, are going to drive and lead the process of continuous improvement.
With an immediate reward : a guarantee of limited external consulting hours.