Stock taking

I just delivered my car for servicing and MOT and while waiting for lift back to work I had flash that when is the last time I have been sent to management training center and answer is not once in last one year.

Senior manager has a target of revenue generation and their performance is judge by number of projects completed. This has changed focus on their existence and professional life style.

Having this responsibility some time makes us forget that this role also need a training and reshaping otherwise there is always a danger of falling behind that trend and new practices.

I have seen this time and again that many projects are still manged and delivered using old style management and controls which have become inefficient over the period of time.

I feel strongly that there should be a plan in place to send senior manager to the school for a week in a year to refresh and allow him to exposed to new thought streams which are helping other organisations to deliver projects efficiently.

So there should be stock taking every year to ensure that dead woods are identified and replaced with newer skills. Not doing this and understanding the principle of influential leadership there is greater risk that we loose ability to adopt to changes in the industry practices.