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Andrew Travis became the seventh member of the UK network on 8 May 2008. Based in the North West, he has an extensive background in manufacturing and supply chain management and adds a new facet to our UK network
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Marion Brown, who has 20 years experience in the financial services sector, joined the UK network on 1 November 2007. Marion has extensive experience of building and developing high performing teams using a practical and dynamic style that is designed to bring energy and real results to the bottom line.
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Adizes: Corporate Lifecycles (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988)
Challenges:
- Founder’s Trap – one person show
- Unfocused – spread too thin
- Strategic misalignment – mission, structure, systems, processes and rewards are usually not mutually supportive
Prescription:
- Develop willingness and competence of subordinates so they can be delegated to
- Direction setting activities for mission, strategies and objectives (more convergence)
- Systematically uncover misalignment issues and address
- Measure and report key metrics
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