Comments on: Are Your Profits Generated by Rules or Results? http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/are-your-profits-generated-by-rules-or-results Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:40:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Name http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/are-your-profits-generated-by-rules-or-results/comment-page-1#comment-15 Name Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:17:05 +0000 http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/?p=60#comment-15 so true. thumbs up! so true. thumbs up!

]]> By: Susan Schmidhammer http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/are-your-profits-generated-by-rules-or-results/comment-page-1#comment-13 Susan Schmidhammer Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:25:55 +0000 http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/?p=60#comment-13 Is there a way to get your blog published in a business magazine? It was excellent! Is there a way to get your blog published in a business magazine? It was excellent!

]]> By: prsolutions http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/are-your-profits-generated-by-rules-or-results/comment-page-1#comment-12 prsolutions Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:41:52 +0000 http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/?p=60#comment-12 I believe the first place to start is in recognizing that ‘your best thinking got you to where you are today’ and you most likely need to seek help from outside. You have to have buy-in from management to make changes. When the ‘rules’ are so entrenched that you (and your staff) can’t produce results and efforts to effect change are rebuffed because ‘we’re too busy right now’ is the standard response, you need an outside perspective to help you see – without the stickiness of internal politics – what your options are. It takes someone with enough authority to acknowledge change is needed and help is necessary.<br><br>If you have what appears to be the flu, you most likely treat the symptoms yourself. If you develop a really nasty cough and find it hurts to breath, you should call a doctor. If you don’t, you could well end up in the emergency room or worse. It’s no different with a business or an organization within a company. Initially the symptoms are treated – but it depends on your choice of treatment. Are you going to ‘tough it out’ (tighten the rules) or are you going to really treat the symptoms? If it gets worse are you going to call the doctor or ‘buckle down’ (the noose is getting tighter). How bad does it have to be before you seek outside help? I believe the first place to start is in recognizing that ‘your best thinking got you to where you are today’ and you most likely need to seek help from outside. You have to have buy-in from management to make changes. When the ‘rules’ are so entrenched that you (and your staff) can’t produce results and efforts to effect change are rebuffed because ‘we’re too busy right now’ is the standard response, you need an outside perspective to help you see – without the stickiness of internal politics – what your options are. It takes someone with enough authority to acknowledge change is needed and help is necessary.

If you have what appears to be the flu, you most likely treat the symptoms yourself. If you develop a really nasty cough and find it hurts to breath, you should call a doctor. If you don’t, you could well end up in the emergency room or worse. It’s no different with a business or an organization within a company. Initially the symptoms are treated – but it depends on your choice of treatment. Are you going to ‘tough it out’ (tighten the rules) or are you going to really treat the symptoms? If it gets worse are you going to call the doctor or ‘buckle down’ (the noose is getting tighter). How bad does it have to be before you seek outside help?

]]> By: janinemoon http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/are-your-profits-generated-by-rules-or-results/comment-page-1#comment-11 janinemoon Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:32:04 +0000 http://www.prsolutions.biz/blog/?p=60#comment-11 Well said, Marie...I think a trip to CA is a fine idea!<br><br>I think most companies will say "We can't exist without rules...chaos would reign!" If that's a mindset that can be changed (and I think it is), what approaches do you think are most effective in getting organizations to change? Where's a good place to start? Thanks! Well said, Marie…I think a trip to CA is a fine idea!

I think most companies will say “We can't exist without rules…chaos would reign!” If that's a mindset that can be changed (and I think it is), what approaches do you think are most effective in getting organizations to change? Where's a good place to start? Thanks!

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