• Senior Managers

    Senior Managers

  • BENCHMARKING
    Transform annual business results, faster

  • Introduction 

     

    We equip managers to transform annual results. Our FAST process, skills and online tools make improvement easy, faster and more fun.

     

    • Focus – Set annual targets and identify what’s important
    • Align plans – Design incremental solutions and develop plans
    • Steady flow – Set monthly goals, deliver tasks and build skills
    • Track – Track results, review reports and promote learning

     

    FAST equips leaders to thrive in a fast-moving environment that rewards agility and speed.      

     

    Benchmarks

    Benchmarks establish the gap between current and required practices to assist in designing customised improvement plans.     

     

    • There are four tasks and 16 actions that establish the gap
    • Rate each action at the start and update quarterly
       

    Each action must be scored on a 4-point scale. Simply review the benchmark questions and respond in terms of the how often you apply the practices.

     


    The Measurement Scale

    Score  Definition
    1  Never
    2  Sometimes
    3  Mostly
    4  Always

     

    Lift results faster

     
    As Benchmark scores increase
     
    • Skills will develop and learning will improve
    • Results will lift and be sustained
    • Culture will strengthen and wellbeing improve

  • Transform annual business results, faster

    Complete the survey by reading the practices carefully and selecting a response.

  • Focus: Always (4); Mostly (3); Sometimes (2); and Never (1)

  • 1. I participate in discussions about what our business could look like in the next 2 – 5 years and set annual strategic goals
  • 2. I am involved in discovering success factors, determining capability requirements and setting focus area goals
  • 3. I design a departmental strategy to deliver incremental improvements, assess current reality and detail change projects

  • Align: Always (4); Mostly (3); Sometimes (2); and Never (1)

  • 4. I review quarterly forecasts, create projects to increase capacity and meet customer demands
  • 5. I appoint project teams, establish an agile project process, build skills to deliver success and provide coaching
  • 6.  I analyse workplace performance, benchmark current practices and design quarterly continuous improvement plans

  • Steady flow - Always (4); Mostly (3); Sometimes (2); and Never (1)

  • 7. I set monthly goals to lift results, agree the focus area tasks and set measures of success
  • 8. I schedule meetings that create fortnightly sprints, assign weekly actions and design skill guides
  • 9. I use online tools to manage the flow of actions, assign clear role accountability and monitor completed actions

  • Track - Always (4); Mostly (3); Sometimes (2); and Never (1)

  • 10. I review monthly results, measure project progress, monitor actions completed and promote learning
  • 11. I provide performance data and reports that enable teams to review their performance and improve decision making
  • 12. I formally review performance, identify high potential staff, create development plans and conduct an annual culture survey
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