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Mission: "to help management teams take a company to the next level using: peer group think-tanks, personal coaching, culture shaping workshops, keynote speeches, and on-line publishing." Art McNeil is:
Art McNeil has:
Setting P.A.C.E. how to take your company to the next level A synopsis of Art’s most current work
l P.A.C.E. management is about orchestrating positions to produce...it controls the organization's capacity for quality and productivity.
P. plans and processes that assign specific responsibility. A. autocracy that demands process compliance. C. continuous improvement by correcting process and compliance shortfalls E. empowering people to identify and act on improvement opportunities Like jazz groups, smaller companies succeed because a limited number of positions really get to know each other. They know how to shoot from the hip, change direction on the fly, multi task, cover for each other, and do whatever it takes to succeed. Strategy is usually carried around in the head of an entrepreneurial founder and planning takes a back seat to situational reaction. To take a company to the next level, entrepreneurs must in effect "replace themselves" with disciplined plans and processes. Building on the metaphor, musicians in large orchestras, unlike their free wheeling jazz counterparts, play from a documented musical score. Reading music is a disciplined process that demands absolute compliance. For example, a symphony conductor can’t allow the tuba player to blow a spontaneous lick. Performing excellence demands that each orchestra musician play exactly what is written. Because they trust the process, the orchestra leader's protocol for changing tunes is not complicated—simply replace one score with another. In orchestras, the composer, conductor, and each musician have a specific role to play. Everybody trusts that colleagues will play their part. Collaboration fosters passion and pride, even though individual assignments may not always be challenging or exciting.
P.A.C.E. leadership is about inspiring people. Executed well, it fosters creativity and generates the organizational energy that drives will to win and desire to belong. P. passion A. alignment C. courage E. end-game thinking A plethora of innovative technologies and management processes continue to come and go but the principles of effective leadership remain constant—that's because leadership is founded on timeless truths regarding what goes on within and between people. The impact of globalization and a digital revolution have irrevocably altered our perceptions of location, distance, speed, and time. Most of us either grew up in the industrial-age or were influenced by role models who did. Unfortunately, even well intentioned organizations are impeded by “industrial-age ghosting.” This handicap leaves otherwise talented executives, managers, and key employees, struggling to make sense of markets and competitors through an outdated perception of what makes today’s world go around. Coping with this mega shift makes leadership everybody's business. P.A.C.E. how to take an organization to the next level is available in a one day implementation-oriented workshop. A book and DVD based self-led workshop is in the works. more
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"Art helped us take what was a fuzzy,
emotional concept and clarify leadership for real-world application. The jury has rendered its verdict: Leadership as defined
by Art McNeil is a competitive edge."
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