Team Silver Bullets

Question 1

When they say…

No clear sense of direction

Answer 1

What kind of Strategic Plan do you have in place?

Question 2

When they say

My team is just not alligned

Answer 2

What kind of Strategic Plan do you have for your business?

Question 3

When they say

There is no cooperation or no synergy on the team

Answer 3

What kind of Strategic Plan do you have in place for your business?

Question 4

When they say

There is a lot of conflict between the partners

Answer 4

What kind of Strategic Plan do you have in place?

Question 5

What is a strategic plan?

Answer 5

I can help you put togehter An evolving, written plan that sets forth the
* vision, mission, and values of your company,
* long and short range goals, and
* KPI’s to measure progress
* so that your team moves together as one.

Are you open to some help with that?

Question 6

Tell me about your team?

There is some conflict. One of them interrupts all the time

Answer 6

What kind of Team Building System do you have for your business?

Question 7

Tell me about your team

We ahve some communication problems

Answer 7

What kind of Team Building System do you have in place?

Question 8

Tell me about your team?

There is true lack of commitment

Answer 8

What kind of Team Building System do you have in place for your business?

Question 9

Tell me about your team?

There is no sense of camaraderie. (no friendships)

Answer 9

What kind of Team Building System do you have for your business?

Question 10

What is a team building system

Answer 10

I can help you put toghether A reliable system for placing your team members in roles best suited to their strengths and building them into a powerfully cohesive and committed team that delivers business results

Are you open to some help with that?

Question 11

Who does you team perform?

Make mistakes over and over and their quality is not good

repetitive mistakes in delivery or quality control

Answer 11

What kind of Key Performance Indicator System do you have in place?

Question 12

How does your team perform?

We need to improve our efficiencies (they are not efficient)

Answer 12

What kind of Key Performance Indicator System do you have for your business?

Question 13

How does your team perform?

There is no accountablity for results

Answer 13

What kind of Key Performance Indicator System do you ahve in place?

Question 14

What is a Key Performance Indicator System?

Answer 14

I can help you put together An elegant system for measuring and reporting the critical numbers in your business so everyone knows how their efforts are either making or breaking your business.

Are you open to some help with that?

Question 15

When they say

My employees just don’t seem to care about their work!

Answer 15

What kind of Performance Incentive Plan do you have for your team?

Question 16

When they say

My employees don’t care abou the business

Answer 16

What kind of Performance Incentive Plan do you have in place?

Question 17

What is a performance incentive plan

Answer 17

I can help you put together An incentive plan that rewards your team members for exceptional performance and motivates them to work as hard as you do and care about the business as if it was their own.

Are you open to some help with that?

Question 18

When they say

Need more people to handle our growth

Answer 18

What kind of Employee Acquisition Plan do you ahve in place for your business?

Question 19

WHen they say

We have too much work and we have to turn down leads (business)

Answer 19

What kind of Employee Acquisition Plan do you have in place?

Question 20

WHen they say

There not enough qualified employees in my city/industry

Answer 20

What kind of Employee Acquisition Plan do you have in your business?

Question 21

What is an employee aquisition plan?

Answer 21

I can help you put together A practical plan to win the battle for top talent by consistently generating more than enough leads, screening out non-performers, and using a skills-based test-drive process and psychometrics to choose team members that deliver results.

Are you open to some help with that?

Question 22

How is your internal communication?

Poor communication. We are not coordinated

Answer 22

What kind of Team Meeting Rhytm do you have in place for your business?

Question 23

When they day

No one knows what they others are doing

Answer 23

What kind of Team Meeting Rhytm do you use in your business?

Question 24

What is team meeting rhythm

Answer 24

I can help you put together A disciplined rhythm of recurring team meetings focused on goal-setting, alignment, reporting, and accountability that occur on an annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily basis.

Are you open to some help with that?

Question 25

# Do you ahve the right people place? Can't get good people

Answer 25

What kind of Psychometric Profiling Process do you use when hiring?

Question 26

# When they say I have hired the wrong people for certain jobs

Answer 26

What kind of Psychometric Profiling Process do you use in your business?

Question 27

What is a psychometric profiling process

Answer 27

I can help you put together A **proven process for avoiding mis-hires** by using psychometric assessment tools to evaluate and de-select candidates based on position-specific benchmarks. Are you open to some help with that?

Question 28

# When they say need to improve efficiencies

Answer 28

What kind of a Lean Program have you got in your business?

Question 29

# When they say Need to increase sales without increasing work force (without hiring new people)

Answer 29

What kind of a Lean Program do you use in your business?

Question 30

# When they say We are not profitable enough

Answer 30

What kind of a Lean Program have you got in place?

Question 31

# When they say Our work is moving overseas

Answer 31

What kind of a Lean Program have yo ugot in your business?

Question 32

# When they say We have a lot of foreign competition

Answer 32

What kind of a Lean Program do you have for your business?

Question 33

What is a lean program

Answer 33

I can help you put together An **ongoing program** for rallying your team around a commitment to eliminate wasted time, material, and movement so you can *dramatically improve operational efficiencies, cut production costs, and compete more effectively*. Are you open to some help with that? | It works even for very small businesses

Question 34

# When they say Poor coordination and there is overlap in department / in what people do | Sometimes more than one of us ends up doing the same task

Answer 34

What kind of an Organizational Plan ahve you got in your business?

Question 35

# When they say Some of our people are confused as to what their role is | Role confusion between team members

Answer 35

What kind of an Organizational Plan do you have in your business?

Question 36

# When they say We duplicate efforts

Answer 36

What kind of an Organizational Plan do you have in place?

Question 37

What is an organizational plan?

Answer 37

I can help you put together A detailed plan to clarify reporting relationships by building an organizational chart and creating job descriptions so work gets done efficiently and your business can sustain long-term growth. Are you open to some help with that?

Question 38

# How is your leadership? Inneffective leadership

Answer 38

What kind of a Leadership Development Plan have you got for your business?

Question 39

# Tell me about your leadership No strong manager or leaders

Answer 39

What kind of a Leadership Development Plan do you ahve in place?

Question 40

# Tell me about your leadership I don't really have a clear successor to take over

Answer 40

What kind of a Leadership Development Plan do you have for your business?

Question 41

# Tell me about your leadership Need people to handle our growth

Answer 41

What kind of a Leadership Development Plan have you got for your business?

Question 42

What is a Leadership Development Plan

Answer 42

I can help you put togerther An **intentional process** for: * developing high-potential leaders in your business, * incentivizing their long-term commitment with profit sharing, * and laying the groundwork for your eventual succession. Are you open to some help with that?