7,500 Employees?

In a multi-tiered management structure, how do the people at the top know what is happening with the people at the bottom? Think about it! Imagine you are a regional manager for a medium sized company. You have ten direct reports that are district managers. Your district managers each have fifteen direct reports that are store managers. Each store manager has five direct reports that are department heads, and each department head has a staff of ten employees. This means that it’s your responsibility to ensure that seven thousand five hundred people are doing things the correct way. It’s not like you can sit down with each one. That’s why the management structure exists in the first place. In order to effectively get out a message, you must first ensure that you’re speaking the same language, working within the same system. If there is no groundwork in place for accurate and thorough communication, there is only one person you can truly hold accountable. The top person. The decision maker. You! It’s easy to point the finger away, but it’s hard to look at yourself in the mirror. The Spectrum Perspective is designed to help you and your team be the best that you can be. It’s time to make that happen… now!

Dan Utt