To The Load: Success As North

TO THE LOAD: SUCCESS AS NORTH

Justification

"To the load!”It was written by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, this book is specially dedicated to those who have companies in order to make the most of the potential of the people belonging to it.

Developing

According to (Blanchard & Sheldon, 1994) the story begins when Pegy Sinclair makes a promise to Andy Longclaw to tell how except for the bankruptcy company and reached excellent productivity and thanks to this a high utility. Andy was hospitalized and Pegy was by his side in his last moments, Andy told him that he must tell the story of ‘The story of Gung Ho. The spirit of the squirrel, the style of the beaver, the gift of the goose ’to his children to go from generation to generation.

Pegy Sinclair was appointed General Manager of Walton Works # 2, although he had never been in operations, he had always held executive positions and did not feel trained to lead the company not even in good operation, worse to this one that was not going well at all . Upon arriving at the company, he realized that in the morning he was full of enthusiasm and joy but at the end of the day they all went immediately, he realized that the company had survived thanks to its cost accounting system, but for their serious problemsIt would not last more than a year.

When leaving the company Peggy went to a park where he met an American native who was a bit sad who told him that he was going to be fired after having worked for 15 years at the plant because of the new manager, but toDespite them, he was going to go with the front high because he was going to mark an unprecedented figure in efficiency and productivity on the last day he worked on it;without realizing that Peggy was the new manager.

Soon she tells that she is the new manager and that she did not plan to fire him, only the Division Manager.

Peggy asks Andy how it is possible that the finishing department can work excellently despite the chaos that the company is currently going through, and Andy responds ‘Gung Ho. We are all Gung Ho ’that is due to his grandfather;Soon the idea of teaching Gung Ho to the entire company appears, but it had been achieved in 5 years and the minimum could be 3 years and just with great effort there was 1 year before falling into the broken bank.

Andy had been working there despite having a master’s degree in Business Administration, since he had decidedwhich remained working on the plant until that day.

The next day Peggy toured the entire plant and the last finishing department, where he found signs that said “Guhg Ho” everywhere, when asked the supervisor what they meant only said that it is an ingenuity of Andy to ascend from, regretFrom this the area was impeccable, the workers were cheerful and carried clean and colorful uniforms. In addition to that there were paintings, graphics and billboards that reflected progress.

The first thing to perform Peggy upon arrival at the office was to fire the finishing department and brought together the rest of the supervisors to tell them that if they wish to resign they were in all their right from here onwards.

At the end of the Andy day I took Peggy to his house, where I take a party while she watched the squirrels, after a while Andy began to explain that the squirrels work hard because they are motivated because they have the goal of saving food for the winterAnd because your work is important. Here it was deduced that every work is important Peggy believed that washing dishes in the bar of the university was the most insignificant he has done, but Andy makes him see things differently;for example that he is fed to the entire university already future lawyers, doctors, etc. And that the cleaning of the dishes can contribute to improving this world;So you must change the way of thinking of people so that they know that their work is important.

In most companies it is a problem to set the goals, since managers think that it should only be written but if the complete team does not commit to fulfilling it, it is not a shared goal ‘, as we know anyone interests the goals andIt is little by little to incorporate people who commit themselves to fulfilling the goal.

Andy taught two important things to Peggy at that time, goals of results that are the clear approaches of what we want to achieve and goals of values that is the impact on the life of customers, workers and all the members of the community. The spirit of the squirrel is something worth it: being important, leading to shared goals, based on values and for this Peggy should tell the truth, the whole truth to the company so that one is confident to the others.

Work that is worth it:

1. Know what contributes to improve the world.
2. Work together to achieve a shared goal.
3. Values are the guidance of all plans, decisions and actions.

Instantly summoned everyone to a meeting, after obtaining their attention he asked him three questions: why are they here? What are your goals? What are your values? That early tomorrow they had to answer.

Morris, who had taken the post to Peggy called in the afternoon, telling what measures will take with respect to the company since the figures were not good and had until Christmas to improve the results of the company that is, four months. When talking to Andy they concluded that they needed more time and would need to convince Moris that at least be until the end of August.

The next day when we met in the company to answer the questions that I proposed the previous day the beginnings were not good, and just aroused Iteres in the values, so from Monday it would be shared an hour after theLunch to talk about: why exist, what should be their short and long term goals, and what their values were.

At the beginning there were no results, therefore trying to convince supervisors that the work of the plant was important, it was not possible to motivate them, but as it began to participate in the setting of the goals, they were more receptive to the message about thegreat contribution that his job did. The division managers on the Gung Ho style and the style of the squirrel were communicated and although they were not ready they were interested and expanded the process of the entire plant;It was difficult to open communication channels but little by little it was achieved.

On a Saturday while they were in the cabin, Andy noticed that a strong storm approached, that is, then it was time to learn the castor’s style. As expected, it began to rain and it was when they immersed them. Soon it could be observed how they worked as a team, they control their own destination. In the case of the beavers, everyone contributes with whatever can be, carry small branches or repair the dam. In a nutshell is doing the right job in the right time.

If people perform the work as the beavers would unleash chaos, but we have the power to be reasonable, therefore a goal can be achieved. Unlike squirrels, beavers do not compete, they are not selfish, they don’t fight, they better work for a common good. The castor’s style is a relationship between the individual and the organization from both points. The first point is the staff that has control, the second point is the organization that allows to develop the situation and encourage it. Here there is an environment of thoughts, feelings, needs and dreams of those worked being respected, heard. And also give the person a job that is able to fulfill.

Peggy concluded the daily goal since at noon of a evil the goal was fulfilled, which made the employees lazy in the rest of the time, for this it is necessary to demand that they give them a little more, giving them a job that theyRequire the best of each.

Control on compliance with the goal:

1. A field with the territory clearly marked.
2. Thoughts, needs and dreams are respected, heard and lead to action
3. Capable but aware of the challenge.

On Monday a meeting was organized where Peggy asked the workers how they got the goals to meet, since the workers know the departments better than her. For the next Monday, the visit by the 17 division managers to the Finishable Department was made, unfortunately they did not pay much attention, they had not even imported them because that department had the largest productivity of the company. At that time a meeting was called to give two news;The first and bad was that the company had decided to close the plant for low productivity and the second and the good era that is in its own hands saved its jobs and the plant.

A visit to the most productive plant was organized where they would be allowed to observe how they developed their work, the place was impeccable as previously said, the workers knew the information from the entire department, here there were incentives for the workers. When they left the department, everyone was reflecting and as a result there was the most productive week of the plant. But a week, its productivity was going down, it was expected, they were not very sure to change.

The investment was approaching and it was perfect to start knowing the gift of goose, Ciénaga Hutchison a place for protected area where after a kilometer and a half they arrived they took a canoe and placed wooden geese in order to attract the true ones . As usual Andy would take a nap while Peggy watched the geese. At first it was difficult to know what the gift of goose was since they only made noise, but after a moment Peggy realized that it is not normal noise, it was not warning, he concluded that they were communicating but beyond that, they wereBreath voices. Not only the leading goose gave breath, they were all the group who did it and it is because they fly thousands of kilometers. An example that it applies in real life could be a after basketball that they play based on a marker rather than money;Grandpa the Andy is agreed. Although money is also important to congratulations.

The C of Congratulations are active when incentive to the work team for your good performance and passive when warnings are given to a person using rates such as: I trust you, you are capable, etc. Congratulations must be authentic and should not be artificial, whether or that should always be timely, respond to something, unconditional and enthusiastic. In addition they should be less scheduled and more spontaneous, less collective and more individual, less general and more specific, and less conventional and more unique.

Encourage others to move on:

1. Congratulations, whether active or passive, must always be true
2. If there is no score there is no game, you should always congratulate the progress.
3. E = mc² – enthusiasm = mission * Current and congratulations.

Soon an article appeared that cited Lonhorn who promised $ 25,000 in the company’s money to help cover the expenses, to tell the truth Peggy learned of a call from the grateful mayor, who learned of the newspaper. Andy was the name. Everything was a longchorn strategy would receive its grand prize in July, so old Morris would not dare to play the plant before July.

For February the figures were on tip, and old Moris had taken the credit to choose the Miss. Sinclair as plant manager. The goal could be achieved thanks to the secrets of the squirrel, the beaver and the goose were effective in the plant and also in the personal life of the workers, but as everything takes time, it was useless to start without having thewill to persist.

conclusion

The book tells us how a plant was 6 months to improve productivity, otherwise it would close and its employees would be left without work, the problem focused on workers and thanks to Peggy and together with “the spirit of the squirrel, the style of theCastor and the gift of goose ”could be one of the best plants, with the help of Andy and the knowledge that the grandfather had transmitted. It gives us as a message as a good work team with perseverance achieves many goals, and we must always take into account that the work team must be motivated and committed and especially that he knows that he contributes an improvement for the world.

Bibliography

• Blanchard, k., & Sheldon, B. (1994). To the load! (Gung Ho).