We all understand the reality in publicly held corporations and the need to run at peak efficiency. But I'd like to chat for a moment about how we actually get the work done w/lean and efficient teams these days.
First I'd like to ask that we all agree internally on the service delivery (what you get - what team does and how long is acceptable for it to take). This is the largest gap and greatest area of dissatisfaction in my opinion.
It isn't that we are working with fewer resources on our teams than we'd like (well..it's that too! but I get it). It's that the business can forget that it wanted to pay for the Yugo but drive a Cadillac. No one has time to remind each other and we're certainly running out of professional patience lately.
I'd like to suggest that internal teams around the world unite. Get a cross functional team together from Finance, Strategy, HR (line and functional areas please), Business Leads and Executive leads. Chart desired result, timeline it and assign the resources. Offer more than one option and allow the biz to choose what it gets and what it pays for. Then all you have to do is deliver. Bon Chances!
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