Team Silver Bullets Flashcards

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When they say…

No clear sense of direction

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What kind of Strategic Plan do you have in place?

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When they say

My team is just not alligned

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

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When they say

There is no cooperation or no synergy on the team

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

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When they say

There is a lot of conflict between the partners

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What kind of Strategic Plan do you have in place?

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What is a strategic plan?

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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?

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Q

Tell me about your team?

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

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

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Tell me about your team

We ahve some communication problems

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

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Q

Tell me about your team?

There is true lack of commitment

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

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Tell me about your team?

There is no sense of camaraderie. (no friendships)

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

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What is a team building system

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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?

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Who does you team perform?

Make mistakes over and over and their quality is not good

repetitive mistakes in delivery or quality control

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

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How does your team perform?

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

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

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How does your team perform?

There is no accountablity for results

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

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What is a Key Performance Indicator System?

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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?

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15
Q

When they say

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

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

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When they say

My employees don’t care abou the business

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

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What is a performance incentive plan

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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?

18
Q

When they say

Need more people to handle our growth

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

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Q

WHen they say

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

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

20
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WHen they say

There not enough qualified employees in my city/industry

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

21
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What is an employee aquisition plan?

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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?

22
Q

How is your internal communication?

Poor communication. We are not coordinated

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

23
Q

When they day

No one knows what they others are doing

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

24
Q

What is team meeting rhythm

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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?

25
Q

Do you ahve the right people place?

Can’t get good people

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

26
Q

When they say

I have hired the wrong people for certain jobs

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

27
Q

What is a psychometric profiling process

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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?

28
Q

When they say

need to improve efficiencies

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

29
Q

When they say

Need to increase sales without increasing work force (without hiring new people)

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

30
Q

When they say

We are not profitable enough

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

31
Q

When they say

Our work is moving overseas

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

32
Q

When they say

We have a lot of foreign competition

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

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Q

What is a lean program

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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

34
Q

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

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

35
Q

When they say

Some of our people are confused as to what their role is

Role confusion between team members

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

36
Q

When they say

We duplicate efforts

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

37
Q

What is an organizational plan?

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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?

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Q

How is your leadership?

Inneffective leadership

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

39
Q

Tell me about your leadership

No strong manager or leaders

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

40
Q

Tell me about your leadership

I don’t really have a clear successor to take over

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

41
Q

Tell me about your leadership

Need people to handle our growth

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

42
Q

What is a Leadership Development Plan

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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?