Picture this scenario.   You have grown your business to a particular point and now the numbers aren’t growing as fast as you would like. Furthermore, the relationships you have with your key people are changing – they seem more focused on what happened in the past, their focus is changing from the business to them, they are starting to question you more openly and perhaps in not an entirely constructive way.   Change is needed.   What is involved?   There are essentially two aspects to this mirroring the two hemispheres of the brain – the rational and the emotional.   The rational This is often the easier side of the brain for most MDs to relate to as this involves data and logical thinking. In the context of change, the MD knows what s/he has to achieve, the problems with the existing systems and people, and the new set of skills and capabilities needed for the future. Essentially it is a form of gap analysis. What do you as … [Read more...]