Attention Business Owners, Executives and Managers

• Are your managers managing or mangling? When managers can't or don't manage effectively it causes a loss of credibility far beyond their direct reports.  Their peers, your clients and even vendors see this and shy away from them and the company.  Sometimes critical voices are raised and that causes morale to fall.  A spiral downward.  We aren't so sure that incompetent managers are as bad as you might think.  It is possible to extend the life of a manager through support and training. 
• Is your company or organization frustrated by lack of productive communication?  Many organizations lose time because their members and employees don't communicate effectively.   Technology today is supposed to support us and create better communications.  What often happens is we rely on email and memos, etc. and lose the ability to communicate one on one effectively.  We even end up alienating our people.  Is it time to take a step back and approach the problem differently?
• Do your employees and managers all share your vision for the company?  Are you sure?  If not, you aren't alone.  Many organizations don't have everyone pulling in the same direction.  Each person or department has their own priorities from their viewpoint, and their vision won't be your vision unless you work with them on that.  The key in setting goals is in allowing them to set goals and actively assuring that they end up in the same place.
• Are you plagued with the two reasons they don't allow firearms at work - "Us vs. Them"?  Can't keep your departments or people fighting all the time?  Are you not dealing with things because no one listens, or even worse, won't speak up?  Do your people avoid engaging in meaningful conversations?  Are they frustrated because they are not able to make their point?
• Are you busy fighting fires instead of preventing them?  Be honest with yourself, do you thrive on that?  How is that working for your company?
  
  Have you ever said 'I want this year to be different, to be better!' and then wondered how that could happen?  Maverick Business Advisors is a great place to come for help.

I work with owners and managers that, quite frankly need some help in figuring out how to help their organization grow through and with their people. We have had that pain visited upon us, so we know the frustration and stress it causes an individual and how poorly that reflects on the organization.

My name is Bart Gragg, President of Maverick Business Advisors, Inc. and I am here to help you take a more objective look at your business or department.