A Framework for Leading

Create vibrant and rewarding 'Life' in organizations This book is for leaders and managers looking for a plan and process to improve their leading and managing capabilities and capacities. Do you want to improve the leading and managing capabilities of you and your team? Do you have a plan? We have the plan... and process to drive the improvement you want and need. This structured plan and its processes improve leading and managing. They engage all members of the leading and managing team so they learn and develop together. Use our online tools and incorporate our framework concepts. They make leading and managing easier, efficient, and more effective. Expected Results: You'll build a structured leading and managing capability throughout your company. All on your team will understand it, embrace it, and love it. Make 'Life' in your organization more vibrant and rewarding for everyone every day. The new concepts include establishing a framework within which a system for leading can be developed. Framework is a word used in the context of building something. We're using it in the same way. Once a framework is in place, all the parts within it fit together better. Without a framework the parts have a tendency to not work as well individually or together as well as they should. The framework of a home is established in the 'framing' phase and occurs on top of a foundation. It establishes the places and strengths of the walls for the home. It is both boundaries and support for the home. Framework is used in the context of building something. We're using it in the same way. We're defining it this way: "In leading and managing, a framework is the overarching structure providing the definition and clarity needed to establish consistency (generic functionality) in the operating processes and systems throughout the organization. The framework assures the Big Parts (strategies, customers, managing team, and measurements) are fully and deliberately implemented in a consistent manner. This becomes the solid foundation upon which the other parts can depend and take their lead." The primary audiences for the series of books are; (1) leaders and managers of SMBs who realize 'wishing it so' will not 'make it so' and are willing to do the work, and (2) coaches who are committed to helping these SMBs thrive. Leaders and managers progress more quickly if they have the right coach/consultant. Most organizations evolve without a framework. The result is a collage of operating processes and systems developed separately on the fly without an overarching design to create consistency. This inconsistency makes it harder to adjust to change and is a major source of chaos and dysfunction within and between parts of the organization. Growth can be hindered significantly. Scalability is necessary for growth. Increasing operational capacity without operating structure is extremely difficult. 'Scaling' is about how easily, quickly, and well an organization can bring on additional resources efficiently and effectively to properly handle increased growth operationally. There is a need for ongoing change in all organizations. Think of it as 'refinement'. Ongoing refining is more difficult without an overarching framework to provide definitions, guidelines, and clear parameters. A framework makes it easier to adjust existing operating processes and systems in a disciplined and cohesive manner. Incorporating new tactical tools is much more effective if implemented within the parameters of a well-defined framework. Within a framework there is plenty of room for innovation, individual preferences, and creativity. A framework does not provide a set of restrictions but a set of definitions, guidelines, and parameters. Much like in one's home, the individual infuses their own content and style into their own framework in accordance with their guidelines and parameters. This assures they fit within their framework. The parts work t