Attention Business Owners, Executives and Managers

• Working with new (or used) managers that have a primarily Blue Collar background can be frustrating.  Yet people with their background are essential.  With the widening gap between available skilled labor and the jobs that need to be filled, a key way to keeping the knowledge they have in the workforce is to promote them into management.  Very often what happens is that people are placed in a management position but supporting them can be difficult and painful.

• We ask ourselves "Is this person going to make it?"  Are they the right person for this job?  Will they stay there?  How can we help them develop into more productive managers?
  
• Are your managers managing or 'manglaging'? When managers can't or don't manage effectively it causes a loss of credibility far beyond their direct reports.  Their peers, your clients and even vendors see this and shy away from them and the company.  Sometimes critical voices are raised and that causes morale to fall.  A spiral downward.  We aren't so sure that incompetent managers are as bad as you might think.  It is possible to extend the life of a manager through support and training. 
  
• Are you plagued with the two reasons they don't allow firearms at work - "Us vs. Them"?  Can't keep your departments or people fighting all the time?  Are you not dealing with things because no one listens or speaks?  Do your people avoid engaging in meaningful conversations?  Are they not able to make their point?
  
• Are you busy fighting fires instead of preventing them?  Do you thrive on that? 

  How is that working for your company?
  
• If you have ever said 'I want this to be different!  I want to make sure I have the right manager working on the right things. I want to keep this valuable person around."  This is a great place to come for help.

I work with owners and managers that quite frankly need some help in figuring out how to help their organization grow through and with their people.  I have had that pain visited upon me, so I know the frustration and stress it causes an individual and how poorly that reflects on the organization.

My name is Bart Gragg and I am here to help you take a more objective look at your business or department.