Monday, January 11, 2016

Have you every wished you could clone yourself in your business?

This blog is about instructor training.  One of my goals as a studio owner is to develop amazing staff. I want to empower people to come beside me and teach with passion.  For many years I have worked long hours with no time off.  A few of years ago I really focused on creating a business that would deliver some freedom of time instead of a glorified JOB.  For business owners who are looking to create the same thing and want to brainstorm ideas and solutions feel free to email us at: info@MartialArtsGT.com  




Have you ever wished you could clone yourself in your business?  I have had this wish more than one time! 

Over the last 4-5 years I have been working on creating excellence in our staff training systems. We spent relentless hours creating "How to manuals"  for everything in our business.  The results were disconcerting.  People were learning how to do things but I was still dealing with lazy work and bad attitudes.

I read at least 40 books on management and while the material was helpful I still was struggling with high turn over and low morale.  I found a great little book called: 


 Crucial Accountability  


"Behind the problems that routinely plague our organizations and families, you'll find individuals who are either unwilling or unable to deal with broken promises. Colleagues break a rule, coworkers miss a deadline, friends fail to live up to commitments (or just plain behave badly), and nobody says a word. Nobody holds anyone accountable. With repeated infractions, individuals become increasingly upset until they finally do speak their minds, but they do so poorly--often creating whole new sets of problems.

Research proves that mishandled disappointments aren't just morale killers, they're institution killers--diminishing organizational performance by 20 to 50 percent and accounting for up to 90 percent of all divorces".



As I applied the principles I realized that I lacked the skill set to motivate and hold people accountable.  I began to dig into accountability conversations and evaluating my conversations every single night.  I ask myself what did I fail to address.  


I realized that I lacked a skill set called soft skills so I googled classes on soft skills.  I watched classes at Harvard business school, Stanford business school and London school of business. 

Every day I have been evaluating my skill sets looking at what went well and what went not so well. Although I'm still far from where I want to be positive things ares starting to happen.  There is a shift in the culture.  

Now some of the principles that I read in all of the management and "change the culture books"  are working.  Perhaps it is time for that MBA I put off when I went to the Olympics?  What skill set is holding you back from reaching your full potential.  Feel free to share below.  




Tammie Lawrence is a 5th degree black belt and the Owner/ Master Instructor at Golden Tiger www.martialartsgt.com
Martial Arts located in San Bernardino, CA.  She has been teaching Marital Arts since 1987.  Tammie is passionate about adding value to the community and enriching lives through the martial arts. You can learn more about her programs by visiting the website:
www.martialartsGT.com

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