Strategic Planning

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Matt Cowell, One of Thousands of Executive Coaches on Noomii.

Does your Organization beat the U.S. average on Employee Engagement??

It is a proven fact that only 30% of America’s workers are engaged in their jobs. (Gallup Dec. 2012) At that level of engagement, the direct hit to U.S. businesses from those who are disengaged workers is: $450 billion to $500 billion! If your company reflects the average in the U.S., just imagine what disengagement is costing your bottom line!

An interesting key factor to whether your Team is engaged or not, lies in the area of accountability. One recent survey by Leadership IQ indicates that when low performers are not held accountable for poor performance or behaviors, high and middle performers are negatively impacted. When those employees are impacted n a negative manner, clients and sales are also negatively impacted.

Engagement requires accountability to be effective because Employees want to know the expectations, goals, the link to the overall Company and they desire clarity on the ramifications of not completing their job as directed. The business twins, (engagement and accountability) when focused on and made a priority can have lasting effects. The Gallup study indicates: Absenteeism drops by 37%, Inventory loss decreases by 28% and Safety issues tumble by 48%!

As the business world is moving to find more and more answers to help employee engagement and organizational accountability become a firm, effective reality within their Organizations; Ascend Business Strategies has the answer!

If you want to have higher profitability, deeper overall effectiveness, leading to greater overall results; you need Ascend’s Strategic Process.

The Strategic Process journeys you through the following four stages to lead your Organization to greater results:

 The Discovery- A meeting that will deeply look at why your organization exists and how effective it is.
 The Vision- A day devoted to discussion with the Organizations top leadership deeply examining subjects from the overall strategic vision to the accountability trend and process for the business.
 The Planning- At this point the mid-level and front line managers become entrenched in developing core values, key performance indicators, scorecards and more. Once developed, an accountability process is formed that ensures success
 The Follow-Up- The final leg of this journey brings the message and involvement to the organizations front-line people. Consistent training, delivering clearly defined goals and processes, showing how each employee is directly connected to the organizations goals and more. The Follow-Up ensures the goals, vision and mission of the organization is met while solidifying a track to greater results.