People Management

THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES

Questions you’ll answer:

  • What do I need to know about myself before choosing an opportunity and finding people to lead it?
  • Can my views and opinions of human nature help me determine what type of company I should lead?
  • How can I attract, select, and lead the people I need to run a world-class company?

Dilemmas you’ll face:

  • How do I define a compelling vision, a clear mission, and key success factors for my employees to execute?
  • How do I create a process that attracts, screens, hires, coaches, and rewards the right people?
  • How do I reassign or fire the people who are a bad fit?

Topics you’ll cover:

  • How do I build an efficient organization that serves my customer’s needs while upholding ethical and moral standards?
  • How do I construct a system that monitors employee progress and keeps people heading in the right direction?
  • How do I communicate priorities throughout the organization?

Enduring companies are built by entrepreneurs whose talents and values organize people to serve a specific group of customers. An entrepreneur must first understand him/herself before picking an opportunity and group of people to lead.

The People course delivers the tools, skills and judgment your students need to attract, select and lead the people they need to run a world-class company.

By the end of the People course, students should:

  • Understand their gifts and views on human nature and how these qualify them to excel in leading certain types of companies.
  • Know how to define a compelling vision, a clear mission and concrete Key Success Factors for their employees to execute.
  • Describe who they need “on the bus” to make their business succeed.
  • Create a process that attracts, screens, hires, coaches, and rewards the right people and reassigns or fires those people who are in the wrong place.
  • Build an efficient organization that serves their customers’ needs and celebrates honesty, transparency and accountability.
  • Construct systems to monitor their progress and keep people headed in the right direction.
  • Communicate priorities throughout the organization.