Managers are responsible for the ins and outs of their department

The craziness behind the front door of organisations

Directors, managers are responsible for the ins and outs of their organisation or department. Organisations are full of change processes. When one project is over, the next one is on your plate.

And you are already so busy: with the daily routine, with dealing with illness, with dissatisfied employees, with the meeting that starts at 10 o’clock, with the report that has to be ready at 11 o’clock, with…. And then comes that time-consuming ‘change process’. And that is one of so many, which you know rarely make a difference!

The so-called safety of the old familiar, for the way we have always done it, is usually the way to tackle the business-as-usual or the project. The result: failed projects, annual plans that don’t materialise, dissatisfaction among employees who want to develop themselves as well as among the managers on whose plate it falls. The delusion of the day in business-as-usual only grows. Everything is mixed up, following each other at breakneck speed.

And then those climate guys come along. What we all have to do then! And that’s really all on top of all we don’t already do! We have to perform, meet commitments, meet our kpi’s, do what the boss says. And the crazy thing is that we think we are doing it all right. This is how we keep the craziness going. So what am I stuck with when I am a director or manager? What do you think keeps me occupied then what do you do with that? The topics of the following buttons are issues of managers for which I have a possible solution:

Continuity in business

What does an executive or entrepreneur consider important. Strategic issues are priority…

Mountain out of a molehill

Aren’t you guys exaggerating a bit? You can …..

Off course

Off course …. that’s nicely put, only that’s not actually the whole truth. We talk about being customer-centric. Just like all my colleagues…….

Too much

Yeah, just fine, only it’s all too much! Almost every day I have an overfull agenda with all sorts of things. I have to pull out all the stops to achieve

Reorganising

A reorganisation involves people. People will have to leave the company, whether forced or not. Of the others, who thus remain in the organisation, you would expect them to ensure that…

Skewed ratio of people vs money

Managing processes in business-as-usual and in change usually goes as follows. There is an issue. That w…….

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