Consultancy Services
OK so you’ve heard it all before, we are going to come in and solve all your problems! Well actually, NO! That’s not the way we work.
At JR Associates we have a mantra that we truly believe, we don’t know who said it first, but we certainly like to live by it –
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and you feed him for life”!
We want you to stand on your own two feet, in a sense we want to do ourselves out of business, because once we have guided you through the strategies that are going to work for you, you wont need us any more! Yes, we will come and deliver your needs but we will also make sure that you understand the whys and wherefores of those needs and the chosen solutions.
There are four key areas of management:
- Managing people – you may think this is the hardest part!
- Managing operations – being at the sharp end is what you are most used to!
- Managing resources – you understand the need to keep costs low and use your finite resources most effectively!
- Managing information – how difficult is it to separate the good from the bad, and then how to ensure your people know and understand?
Managing People
How many times have you been asked the question: would you like to enhance staff motivation and build performing teams? – Yes you have it, jargon! Or to put it another way bull….. But what does it mean exactly? Have you EVER considered what makes your people tick? Have you EVER considered that you might not be getting the best out of them? Well, WE DO, and we can tell you if you have a problem with staff motivation even if you don’t realise it yourself!
SO; most businesses KNOW when they have a staff motivation problem – the evidence is there, staring you straight in the face – low outputs, poor time keeping, poor attendance etc etc etc….. BUT what to do about it is the question… TALK TO US is the answer!
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED what your people are thinking? DID IT EVER CROSS YOUR MIND that they might have brilliant ideas that you are not using? DO YOU REALLY KNOW what kind of people they are and what their strengths are? HAVE YOU EVER ASKED THEM what they can do or what their ideas are?
WE CHALLENGE YOU to talk to your people!
We can help contact us.
Managing Operations
Whatever you do you need to do it well to get on in business, you also need to look after your customers during the process. Whether you are in the buying and selling business the making and selling business or the doing it for them business you will need to put your customers foremost in your own mind and in the minds of your people!
PEOPLE LIKE TO BE LOOKED AFTER, that is a fact, and when they are paying us for something, whatever it may be they EXPECT to be looked after!
You need to ensure that the operations you manage run as smoothly as possible, we can help, offering you alternatives that you might not have thought of, giving you options that could change the way you think about your operational management.
We can help contact us.
Managing Resources
WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE is a bottomless pit of resources, be they human, financial or otherwise. You need to make every bit count. SO; you need to manage them wisely whilst still taking those risks that are so essential in a thriving business, you need to keep an eye on what you have, and, what you don’t have, and you need to plan and monitor your resources in the most effective way possible.
We can help, contact us.
Managing Information
Probably one of the trickiest forms of management there is. Do you automate or not? Do you bring in the latest technology or not? Do you stick with the paper and pen or not?
HOW do you manage your information?
Do you have a system that enables you to take information from suppliers, contractors, CUSTOMERS in a reliable manner so that it can be used at a later date for all kinds of stuff?
IS IT efficient?
Does your system enable you to take information and store it efficiently so that nothing gets lost and nothing gets thrown away that shouldn’t be?
IS IT effective?
Are you able to access your information as and when you need to without having to turn the whole place upside down looking for it? Is that information good, quality information that is useful to you? Or is it just junk that you will never use for the benefit of your own business or anyone else’s?
How often do you evaluate your information?
HOW LONG does it take? Do you have someone working flat out full time just to manage your information systems? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE YOUR INFORMATION?
Ask any business on planet earth and they will tell you they either have, or have had a “communication problem”. Communication is more than just having meetings! Ever been to a meeting that didn’t go anywhere? Sure, we all have! How do you get your Managers to stop having meetings just for the sake of it? AND how do you get them to start having EFFECTIVE MEETINGS that really mean something and get something done?
How do you keep your people informed about what’s going on? How do you get their input for the benefit of your business?
We can help contact us.
