Company Success: Visualise the 5 Steps from Good to Great

A lot of companies aspire to be great - to deliver outstanding service, have great leadership, develop their staff and make the breakthrough from Good to Great. 

Not all of them take the steps and create actions necessary to make this happen, or have the tools and people let alone the willingness to change to embark on this transformation. 

Recently, in my role as a Visual Facilitator, I had the privilege to be part of a transformational workshop where the amazing Kim Bruton from HATs - Human and Training Solutions facilitated the birth of a companies journey from Good to Great. 

All department leaders including the CEO were present and the conversations in the room were outstanding. Leaders were candid about where to improve and what actions needed to be taken to move the company as a whole. 

I was delighted by the humbleness, commitment and collaboration from the team, joined in union towards a greater goal.And it was so much more than that - leaders shared their stories and valuable tools that helped them inspire and motivate their staff. 

There was genuine collaboration to share skills and help one another towards a common goal. To move the company from good-to-great. 

Using Visual Facilitation Kim and I were able to create lasting legacy for the company in the workshop. The hand drawn visual is a reminder and an anchor of what they have committed to along their journey from good-to-great.

It adds a greater level of accountability and responsibility towards their commitments and thus makes it a valuable key piece of the overall transformation process.  

Here are the steps outlined that propel a company from good-to-great. 

1. Level 5 Leadership

Who is someone at level 5 leadership? A person who blends genuine personal humility with intense professional will. Good to Great transformations don’t happen without Level 5 leadership and the key attributes. 

• Ambition for the Company
• A compelling modesty
• Unwavering Resolve…To Do What Must Be Done
• Plow Hore and not Show Horse
• The Window and the Mirror Mentality

2. First WHO…Then WHAT

Get the right people on the bus means hiring the right people FIRST (and getting the wrong people off the bus) and THEN figuring out where to drive it.

3. Confront the Brutal Facts

All good-to-great companies begin their process of finding a path to greatness by confronting the brutal facts of their current reality. This means creating a climate where the truth is heard. 

4. The Hedgehog Concept

The Hedgehog Concept is a powerful concept to simplify a complex world into a single organising idea. 

• Understanding what you can and cannot be the Best at
• Insight into your economic engine - What is your denominator?
• Understanding your passion

5. Technology Accelerates

Does the technology fit with the Hedgehog concept? Good-to-great companies use technology as an accelerator of momentum, not the creator of it.

Conclusion

Good-to-great is a accumulative process where step-by-step, action-by-action adds up to sustained and spectacular results. 

The Flywheel Effect - where tremendous power exists in continuous improvement and the delivery of results. 

Get in touch with Kim or Christiane to start your journey from Good-To-Great. 

Kim is a highly experienced Learning & Development and Organisational Development consultant, Corporate Facilitator and Coach with a strong background in designing solutions to support organisational and individual professional development. 

Christiane is a Coach and Visual Facilitator. She is currently completing her Professional Master Coach Program and is a Certified Meta Dynamics Consultant. She is the founder of The Inspiring Leadership Institute. She works with teams and individuals on developing a growth mindset. You can follow her on Twitter under @chriscat69. 

About the book

Jim Collins book is a classic in its field to show companies the way from Good to Great.  Based on a five-year research project comparing teams that made a leap to those that did not, Good to Great shows that greatness is not primarily a function of circumstance, but largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.