IN BRITAIN TOMORROW

IN BRITAIN TOMORROW WE NEED ENHANCED LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND MULTFUNCTIONISM

Britain is well served today with courses on Leadership Skills. Most of the time, theses courses are attended by Chairmen, Chief Executives, Directors and Senior Managers.

We need to develop Leadership Skills throughout the Organisation so that the Skills Set can flourish at all levels.

At the same time, In Britain Tomorrow there will be a need to develop Multifunctionism – a broad team approach to Strategy and Implementation of Policies. Executives need a wider knowledge of Business Functions and not remain in their Specialist Function Box.

A Core Need in the future will be a Change of Attitudes to Business Management. My suggestion is to adopt – as one example – my Philosophy as follows which has proved to be successful in companies whom I have worked with.

Total Involvement – Total Understanding – Total Commitment

• Involve the staff in the Strategy Formulation Process, make sure everyone knows their role in the Business Plan Objectives and reward them appropriately.

• Make sure that the staff understand the Aims of each sector of the Business and the Milestones to be achieved each Month in the Plan.

• Encourage the Staff to commit to their role in the Business Plan.

In other words, create a positive attitude of Team Spirit throughout the Organisation.

Once again, the Business Schools have a key role to play as well as the Private Specialist Agencies.

The Successful Company of the Future needs to be Flexible with Positive Attitudes towards Change. If we do not adapt to change swiftly, we may find that the Competitive Advantage that we thought we had, has disappeared forever.