Comments on: Why can’t I get the partners to see the need for change? http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog/index.php/business-efficiency/why-cant-i-get-the-partners-to-see-the-need-for-change/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed How to achieve more with less effort Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:01:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Heather Townsend http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog/index.php/business-efficiency/why-cant-i-get-the-partners-to-see-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Heather Townsend Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:33:56 +0000 http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog/?p=679#comment-257 Thanks Andrew - I may use your comments for how NOT to engage staff! Thanks Andrew – I may use your comments for how NOT to engage staff!

]]> By: Andrew Tomlin http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog/index.php/business-efficiency/why-cant-i-get-the-partners-to-see-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Andrew Tomlin Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:08:59 +0000 http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog/?p=679#comment-256 At least one firm I worked for had the following mechanism of change: 1. Hold a big meeting with all the professional staff (and probably a seperate meeting with the admin staff) chaired by the staff partner. 2. Ask for ideas on improving the firm, its services and its client base. Potentially offer cash rewards for the best ideas. 3. At the next meeting, Staff partner records ideas down, promises to bring them up at the next staff meeting. 4. At the third meeting Staff partner reports back. Staffs ideas are too expensive/ too time consuming/ inappropriate for a firm with our image/ unworkable/ anyother reason not to do them. 5. 12 months later Senior partner holds meeting for all partners and staff at which he unveils his plan for moving the firm forward. A number of ideas sound strangely familiar.... At least one firm I worked for had the following mechanism of change:

1. Hold a big meeting with all the professional staff (and probably a seperate meeting with the admin staff) chaired by the staff partner.

2. Ask for ideas on improving the firm, its services and its client base. Potentially offer cash rewards for the best ideas.

3. At the next meeting, Staff partner records ideas down, promises to bring them up at the next staff meeting.

4. At the third meeting Staff partner reports back. Staffs ideas are too expensive/ too time consuming/ inappropriate for a firm with our image/ unworkable/ anyother reason not to do them.

5. 12 months later Senior partner holds meeting for all partners and staff at which he unveils his plan for moving the firm forward. A number of ideas sound strangely familiar….

]]> By: Toni Hunter http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog/index.php/business-efficiency/why-cant-i-get-the-partners-to-see-the-need-for-change/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Toni Hunter Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:54:36 +0000 http://www.theefficiencycoach.co.uk/blog/?p=679#comment-213 Have you been spying on us again? Have you been spying on us again?

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