{"id":12814,"date":"2015-06-30T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=12814"},"modified":"2015-06-30T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T06:00:04","slug":"i-d-o-n-t-know-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=12814","title":{"rendered":"Part 4 of 8: I D-O-N-T KNOW BETTER"},"content":{"rendered":"
The caricature<\/i> of a company turnaround is often a quite bloody and brutal affair. We arrive on a scene, identify the dead weight, and chop it away in an orgy of firings and divestments.<\/div>\n

There is some truth to this: in an organisation of any size, some people probably do need to be cut loose.\u00a0 The surprising thing is that the axe doesn’t normally fall where the management team expects it to.<\/p>\n

If you’re aiming to restore organisational agility<\/b>, and you’ve gotten to the truth<\/b>, and you’re treating your people with respect<\/b> – it’s now time to start evaluating and developing the team’s true capabilities.\u00a0 You can do this the traditional and bloated way, and completely miss the point: by hiring in external interviewers and psychometric testers or – if you’d rather have results this year – you can do it the agile way: assign everybody objectives<\/b> and let them carry them out<\/b>\u00a0without interfering.<\/p>\n

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It sounds simple, but if you combine this exercise with the four-question method I shared with you last week, something quite dramatic takes place.<\/strong>\u00a0 An accountability culture begins to take hold.\u00a0 People who were formerly unaccountable and disengaged start taking their projects every bit as seriously as you take your own<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Surprising people come to the fore: recognising Sarah’s personal strengths in such a scenario, I once promoted her as my PA to manage a factory with 400 staff.\u00a0 (HR were horrified,<\/strong> but with the right support she became very successful)\u00a0 When you get the model right: surprising people flounder – political animals, who work harder on managing your perception<\/strong> of them than on actually delivering results, are quickly exposed.\u00a0 Here, of course, is where your axe should<\/strong> actually fall.<\/p>\n

The benefits are enormous.\u00a0 Imagine your organisation seeded with mini CEOs throughout, its harmful personalities redirected.\u00a0 This is true business transformation<\/strong>, and achieving it is within your grasp.\u00a0 Two tips: (1) use the four question model with your people, and (2) fight your temptation to solve their problems for them.<\/p>\n

I guarantee particularly if you are faced with a severe challenge\u00a0 if you respect your team enough to let them develop their own solutions,\u00a0 they will definitely amaze you and free you to do your own job<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

with best wishes,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/div>\n
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Tom Pickering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Winner 2015 Global Turnaround Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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