Analyse Your Business - A Performance Health Check

Overview

What is this Briefing about?

It takes skill to transform a business

Corporate leaders need to know whether a symptom of ill-health is a sign of serious trouble or just a localised difficulty in need of a little attention. This Report offers the tools and techniques for company-wide analysis and is essential reading for business leaders responsible for corporate performance. It puts minor issues into perspective and discourage the use of quick fix solutions for bigger problems.

The benefits you will get from this Report This Report will:

• Isolate the ‘quick-fix’ solutions and concentrate on in-depth business renewal and transformation making your organisation more competitive
• Hep you create a strategic plan which inspires, empowers and generates support from your colleagues and your team
• Detail the eight essentials for management health:
  • Vision and planning
  • Commitment to quality
  • leadership
  • Decision-making
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Communication
  • Information technology

Who should buy this Report

• CEOs and commercial directors
• Finance directors and managers
• Project managers
• Sales and marketing managers
• Performance improvement managers
• Business consultants and advisors

Content

The author

Dr Carol O’Connor is founder and director of Vision in Practice Limited, a London based consultancy specialising in leadership development, business strategy and team building. She has led seminars and worked as a consultant for almost 20 years in the manufacturing and service industries and for government and the professions. Her professional services are sought by a wide range of clients located throughout Europe, the UK, the US and Asia.

Author of four highly successful management books and a frequent contributor to professional journals, she has written articles on communication, business strategy, motivation, creating vision for the future and leadership. Her writing is based on her direct experience as a consultant and trainer. Currently, she is developing a distance learning package for a leading South African publishing firm to provide leadership and management skills training to its subscribers in Africa and Asia.

Her doctorate is from the University of California where she researched communication breakdown in management teams;decision making behaviour of senior managers; and team building strategies of business leaders. She is also a faculty member for Boston University where she teaches negotiation and organisational psychology to MBA students.