I was heading to St. Petersburg last week, and came up on a road crew cleaning out ditches. I came to a stop, watching a line of cars heading my way. It was pretty obvious where they should merge back to the other lane. There were bright orange cones gently nudging them back into the proper lane. Regardless, a member of the road crew was motioning with his hand, reinforcing what the cones made obvious. I kind of chuckled, then a memory sprang to mind. About a year ago, I came up to some road work on a four lane road, but there was no crew. No cars were in front of me, and I wasn’t sure which side of the cones to drive on.
Those orange cones are like your business plan. You lay them out. Move them. Change how the traffic flows. The traffic represents your managers and employees. They are supposed to be following your business plan. It’s a good idea to step in from time to time and motion them on. Encourage the flow of traffic. It’s better to be proactive than reactive.
Thanks for tuning in,
Stephen Tuttle
DS Technologies, Inc