Creating an Operating Rhythm

What are the critical meetings, communications and feedback systems that keep your contracting business running like clockwork?

D. Brown Management

May 4, 2018 1 minute read

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Leadership Tools: Operating Rhythm and Cadence of Accountability.

How do those Operating Rhythms at various levels; within different functional areas; in different geographic locations; and at different job sites interlock with each other effectively?

Retired General Stanley McChrystal and his team talk about these Operating Rhythms in their books Team of Teams and One Mission

The team at FranklinCovey talks about Operating Rhythm as a Cadence of Accountability in The 4 Disciplines of Execution.

For a contractor to grow sustainably they need to move from “Doing Things” and ad-hoc communications into effectively integrated Operating Rhythms.

When these changes don’t occur it causes stress on the organization and impacts profitability.

The Truth About Leading Change

Few things are more important for a growing contractor than leadership and management being effective in how they make decisions about change, communicate those decisions, and help their teams navigate the process.

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Decision Quality: Data Points, Accuracy, Confidence, and the Danger Zone

Decision quality IS NOT linearly related to information quantity. In complex environments with elements of uncertainty, data quantity quickly reaches a point of diminishing returns but increases decision confidence, which puts you into the danger zone.

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Incentive Compensation for Contractors - Culture

Any incentive program should improve the operating execution, profit, and cash flow of the company. Aligning organizational objectives with the tangible value add to the craft worker in the field and operations staff workers yields the best results.