The best tool to focus on what matters | Issue #231
Why a Target Operating Model is the best tool to focus your team on what matters
You’re sitting in an endless Executive meeting. Every week it’s the same. Each team member feels compelled to report the status of their function at great length. And run through every KPI. Perhaps this justifies their existence, but is it really necessary? There must be a better way.
Let me introduce you to the Target Operating Model. This helpful tool will streamline discussions in your executive team meetings. Investing a small amount of time upfront will save many hours of unproductive and unfocused meeting time. And it will reassure the rest of the business that the management team are working on the right things. The things that matter.
E236 | Driving Growth And Generational Change In Family Businesses with Jonathan Goldhill
This week on The Melting Pot, we learned from business coach and author, Jonathan Goldhill. He is passionate about family businesses and his book, Disruptive Successor, is a guide for family business owners wanting to drive growth in their businesses. He has a deep understanding of the complexities of multigenerational family businesses, and is well-versed in the challenges of transitioning between generations.
After exploring his passion for family businesses, Jonathan Goldhill discovered the unique challenges of transitioning from one generation to the next. He witnessed first-hand what it took for his father and uncle to join the family business, and how the tension of preservation and growth could be difficult to balance. Regular businesses and family businesses have different time horizons when it comes to making profit. In family businesses, success is usually determined by maximising family value, not shareholder value. Jonathan concluded that a crucial factor to success was to ensure that the older generation was encouraged to transition out of the business, whilst the younger generation was given the opportunity to grow it.
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Dominic Monkhouse
Dominic offers business coaching and management development, strategy planning and organisational change, using tried and tested methods to launch your organisation onto an unparalleled growth trajectory. His programme is a function of his broad experience, his deep expertise and a proven process used by over 2,700 firms worldwide.