It Works If You Work It

To grow a plant into a flourishing tree, you need to make sure you water the plant and manure it on time. You need to parent your child in order to help them grow into better human beings. The point I am trying to reach is - "To make things work, you need to work on them"

Its the same with organizations. Just by working for an organization, you are not going to grow it. You will have to work on it, work on building the organizational values, constantly supporting the changing environment, and looking for break through opportunities ...

But is that sufficient?

Not really, isn't it! You need to articulate what you are planning for the orgination to its customers, key stakeholders and employees. You need to monitor the progress against the planned goals, as that's the only way you can get to know if you are heading in the right direction and making real progress. Monitor costs, achievements, failures and KPIs. And publish/ communicate the results, and cover the following in the communication -

• Scope
• Progress Update
• Pending Items/ Next steps
• Issues

Remember, if you want to be understood of what you are working on, make sure that it is marketed and plan/progress is communicated. And work towards achieving the stated goals with credibility.