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Hub You - Business Process: A NASCAR Perspective
The speculative approach of locating vacancies is often overlooked because is appears to be the least productive, however, looks can be deceiving.The speculative approach is where the job applicant makes applications to companies who are not currently advertising a vacancy. In many ways this is similar to cold calling and like cold calling you can expect a similar number of rejections. Please, please, please realise that this does not mean that the speculative approach is not working, in fact you will find it is working just fine.Month after month the statistics demanded of Jobclubs by Employment Services showed that more of our members found employment using the speculative approach than by any other method.Is that surprising?It shouldn't be when you look at the efficient method we used when employing the speculative approach. Our Jobclub members had a target of 10 job leads a day. They typically lo
While the HBR article illustrates the negative impact of rigidly applied business p
When applying to a new construction job, your cover letter is the first thing an employer will read, even before a CV, so it is one of the most important things to get right!The role of the cover letter is to highlight your main skills and experiences that match what the company is looking for in order to emphasize that you are right for the job.There is no strict formula but there are some important things to remember when writing a cover letter.IntroductionThis sets the cover letter tone and focus and is the most important sentence of the whole thing. You need to provide a catchy start to encourage the reader to carry on. It should be brief, stating the construction job you are applying to and an explanation as to why you have applied for this role. You must address the letter to the individual if you have this information.Main BodyThis is your opportunity to match your skills, qualifications and exp
Reliability versus Validity
In the above referenced article, the thrust was a challenge to corporations to balance the need for process-driven reliability with a quest for validity. Here is a key paragraph from the article, "Six Sigma, CRM, Sarbanes-Oxley, and most other corporate systems have one thing in common: They are reliability-oriented processes. They are intended to produce identical or consistent results under all circumstances, often by analyzing objective data from the past. For instance, a perfectly reliable poll would be able to produce the same result from ten random samples of voters. By contrast, a perfectly valid poll would be able to predict an election's winner." The article continues to illuminate the negative consequences of highly structured processes: loss of creativity/innovation. Here is a table from the article to add more clarity.
While the HBR article illustrates the negative impact of rigidly applied business pr
Visit a bookseller and you can find any number of books telling you how to find your dream job (a “dream job” search on Amazon returns 513 results), from using the Internet to using the rules of dating. Clearly, there is a large number of people who do not have their dream job and want help finding it. For most of them, however, the transition will not happen overnight, and what those books don’t share is how to enjoy the job you have in the meantime.If there’s no escaping the call of work, why not find a way to make the most of it. As mentioned in the previous article, any activity, no matter how tedious or unchallenging, can be restructured to create flow conditions.Here are three strategies I’ve developed through 15 years in the corporate world and put to the ultimate test: a temping gig at a Japanese bank where my one and only task was to process requests from corporate clients for balance transfers to be sent to their audito
Reliability versus Validity
In the above referenced article, the thrust was a challenge to corporations to balance the need for process-driven reliability with a quest for validity. Here is a key paragraph from the article, "Six Sigma, CRM, Sarbanes-Oxley, and most other corporate systems have one thing in common: They are reliability-oriented processes. They are intended to produce identical or consistent results under all circumstances, often by analyzing objective data from the past. For instance, a perfectly reliable poll would be able to produce the same result from ten random samples of voters. By contrast, a perfectly valid poll would be able to predict an election's winner." The article continues to illuminate the negative consequences of highly structured processes: loss of creativity/innovation. Here is a table from the article to add more clarity.
While the HBR article illustrates the negative impact of rigidly applied business p
The introduction of the Internet has surprisingly changed our way of life as a society. It has defined the way we do business and the way we correspond. The Internet has opened many opportunities for online trading. The financial industry revolves around the Internet. Every thing is just a few clicks away. This makes online trading most convenient. But there are still investors who prefer the old fashion way of offline trading and they mainly prefer offline trading for security reasons.Internet has introduced a way for consumers to manage their money online. Not to mention, Internet has transformed the way investment companies operate their business and has made it easy for private investors to gain straight access to a range of different markets and online tools that were at one point only reserved by the use of investment professionals. Consumer investing and online trading has dramatically changed over the last decade. Online trading
While the HBR article illustrates the negative impact of rigidly applied business p
Conducting a background checks serves many purposes. They enhance security in the workforce, reduce turnover, and minimize the occurrence of employee theft. Apart from this it also leaves a person with the peace of mind in knowing that they have made the right decision in the hiring process. Business owners are required to know details of their workforce and what their background is. Employers should also include notification of the types of background checks carried out, in their pre-employment literature. Apart from business firms, individuals and families may also require the conduct of a background check. With increasing instances of crime and fraud, the need to conduct a background check proves to be extremely important. Public background check refers to the scanning of public information databases in order to find out information regarding any particular person or institution.Agencies and Web sites providing public background chec
While the HBR article illustrates the negative impact of rigidly applied business p
What is a carbon coach?In July 2005 I left a near perfect job, Director of a successful consultancy (ABS consulting) to set up in business as The Carbon Coach. My mission (and it is mission possible!) is to coach celebs and influential individuals: to help them prosper and feel good by shrinking their lifestyle carbon footprint for real (the tonnage of carbon dioxide emissions that their households travel and energy is responsible for.) I hold their hand while they change a (energy efficient) light bulb!How does it work?I aim to rapidly raise peoples awareness of their direct carbon impacts on the environment. The people I coach actively want to change, but are busy and dont know where to start. I usually arrange to meet them at their home, and quickly assess their carbon footprint from energy bills, travel data – a few simple questions. Then I will discuss with them the ways they have considered reducing it – at this
While the HBR article illustrates the negative impact of rigidly applied business processes, it does not provide a model to gauge the degree of structure to be applied for a specific business process. The purpose of this article is to provide such a model.
The NASCAR Perspective
Throughout my business education and career, I have tried to liken businesses and business processes to biological systems, thinking of organizations as organisms. Each organism has its own intellectual and physiological functions. This is the traditional model.
With this model, however, I have struggled with the questions of how much process to apply and to what functions? Instinctively, I understand that business processes are critical to success, regardless of the organization's maturity. They ensure efficiency and consistency. Unfortunately, the quest for reliable results through the application of highly structured business processes has a tendency to quash innovative thought.
I submit that "Excellent Companies" have evolved methods for balancing these competing, but essential components for success. They must sense that the traditional view of a corporation, as a "body corpus", is flawed.
The model I am proposing has an additional component: the machine. To put i
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