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Strategic
Development is a long term, total solution process that drives
company growth, realizes long term vision, and delivers results
that are measurable and sustainable. The process combines
needs awareness, planning & strategy, individual development,
and results management that when implemented become a foundation
for continuous improvement and higher levels of business performance.

1. The first area is "Awareness".
Leader-directed, positive change is not about direction but transformation.
The degree of organizational awareness is the single most determining
factor in managing effective change.
Organizational
awareness is a level of understanding for both the organization
and its leaders regarding current capacity, internal & external
environments, talents, abilities, potential, and results.
Transformation cannot take place in a vacuum void of insight.
The creation
of organizational awareness is a continuous process stimulated
by "effective" leaders at every level of the organization.
A high degree of organizational awareness improves organizational
analysis, hiring and staffing decisions, team building, communication,
culture, and leadership style.
Organizational
awareness fosters insight that can transform "good"
results into "great" achievement.
2. The next area is "Planning and Strategy".
Peter Drucker said the best way to predict the future is to create
it. Organizations managed by a specific plan and strategy significantly
out-perform less well-managed organizations of equal capabilities.
Planning and strategy become a significant competitive advantage.
Planning and
strategy are fundamental to the competitive position of any organization.
Organization planning creates a document which encompasses the
need of the entire organization. This plan achieves top line growth
and bottom line profitability. Research shows, however that very
few organizations actually manage operations by a specific plan
and strategy
why?
Very simple
focus!
In many organizations,
attention is centered on day-to-day operations, and leadership
focus tends to be directed by situations and circumstances. This
type focus diverts attention from organizational purpose.
The effective
organization is directed by a results-based leadership culture
focused on "What Matters Most." Planning and strategy
is the result of a continuous planning process, directed and supported
by top leadership.
3. The
third area is "Development".
The core value of most organizations is its people. Locked behind
the ingrained habits and attitudes of people lie vast reserves
of unused potential for any organization. Unlocking unused potential
your people is the purpose of a development process. Knowledge-based
training has little influence in changing behaviors that have
been developed over years of conditioning.
Every organization
experiences gaps between potential and performance
"what
is" versus "what could be?" Effective organizations
continuously seek to narrow those gaps.
Research shows
that the average organization uses only a small percentage of
its existing potential. The multiplying effect of small increases
in the use of potential can deliver significant overall results.
This process is effective in both individual and organizational
development.
An organization
can transform its results by simply developing 10% of the unused
potential of its people. A continuous development process builds
a results-based leadership culture, effective managers and enhanced
productivity.
4. Next
is "Results Management".
"If it can't be measured, it can't be managed" Peter
Drucker.The most well designed plan and strategy is only as good
as its implementation. Failure in strategic planning is usually
the result of ineffective results management.
Effective
organizations measure specific, daily results that are tied directly
to the plan and strategy. The overall plan and strategy become
the benchmark for daily operations and long-term vision.
With a simple
but comprehensive results management system, including feedback
on performance provided to all team members, daily action steps
become a strong motivational force.
Our Role
We help you to formulate a strategy for realizing your vision;
to build a system of organizational goals driven by that strategy,
with a structure that supports achievement of those goals; to
clearly identify and measure both the hard and soft skill levels
of your people and determine how those existing levels are impacting
overall organizational performance; and develop your people so
that they can achieve those goals. The outcomes of these processes
are measured by the execution of a Results Management system that
includes predetermined, required, quantified results. Our products
and processes will substantially improve organizational results
better than other "change processes" or investments
that the CEO can make, if they are implemented on a continuous
basis for at least one year.
Contact
Information
F.
Michael Gidlewski
Business Coach and Trainer
Achievement Unlimited Inc.
571 Crestview Drive
West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: 610-793-6609
Fax: 610.672.9696
E-mail: Michael@Achievable.com