Great Game of Business Coaching & Support Programs
QuickStart - Great Game/Open Book
Implementation
Let's get started! QuickStart is a
comprehensive program to get your organization playing The Great Game of
Business in about 60 days!
We come into your business to help you and your team every step
of the way. In roughly a two month timeframe, your organization will have
the basics in place and will be practicing open book management. You'll
also have a roadmap for ongoing success.
You get:
- Great Game's proven Appraisal process,
which gathers the data, information and intelligence needed. In this
step, we'll conduct formal employee and management surveys, gather
industry benchmarks, and dissect your past financials.
- Critical Number Workshop - A one day,
intense working session with your leadership team where we do a "deep
dive" into the Appraisal results and gain consensus on your
organization's Critical Number
- 90 Day Mini-Game Challenge - To get
your people playing The Game and start driving results right away, we'll
conduct a half-day Mini-Game Workshop and get a company-wide Mini-Game
up and running!
- Communication Process - Guidance on
scoreboards, huddling, forward-forecasting and other elements of this
all-important process
- Bonus Plan Design - We'll help and
coach you through the process of designing an effective and self-funded
incentive plan which gives your team the desire to win
- Roll-Out - We're there to help inform
your organization and create excitement
- Unlimited
email and phone support for 6 months from start of Appraisal
QuickStart pricing is tiered by company
size. Contact us to discuss your specific situation.
NEW! We now have a
specially-priced version of QuickStart for firms under $2 million in
revenue! Call for details!
TIMELINE:
- About 60 days to rollout & start of Mini-Game Challenge
- Full Support for 6 months
GET IN
THE GAME!
The Great
Game of Business Implementation Workshop
Everything you see in the above QuickStart Great Game/Open Book
Implementation delivered in an intensive, interactive two day workshop!
We strongly recommend that each organization
send 2-4 people as a team, to get the full benefit of this program.
Gain the information and tools you need to
self-implement. This workshop will be held periodically.
May 19 & 20, 2009
St. Louis, MO
For more info or to register, click
here to send an email.
KickStart - 6 Month Great Game Tune-up
Is your open book management system
tired? Has it lost its original excitement? Has your team fallen off the
bandwagon? Just going through the motions? Get back in the Game with our 6
Month Tune-up.
You get:
- Initial assessment of your open book
program, bonus plan design, scoreboards, and related materials. Includes
"Practice Inventory" survey of your leadership team and employees to
measure how well you
are following the practices of “Know & Teach the Rules”, “Follow the
Action & Keep Score” and “Stake in the Outcome” as well as Employee
Engagement. With
written report.
- Our attendance at least one of your
huddles per month
- Within first 6 weeks, we'll meet with
leadership team to discuss findings, and to make recommendations to
improve and rejuvenate your program
- Monitor changes as they are
implemented, providing ongoing feedback for all involved
- Regular status discussion to review
progress and keep you and your team on track, and identify opportunities
to improve results
- Re-assessment including Practice
Inventory survey to measure improvement near end of 6 months
- Wrap-up meeting with leadership team to deliver written re-assessment, discuss
results and to make recommendations for ongoing success
- Unlimited email and phone support
Annual Support Program
We're on your team but not on your
payroll.
You get:
- Great Game's proven Appraisal process,
which gathers the data, information and intelligence needed. In this
step, we'll conduct formal employee and management surveys, gather
industry benchmarks, and dissect your past financials. The perfect
way to kick off your annual strategic planning process!
- Coaching, advice and guidance on all
the important elements - Critical Number,
scoreboards, huddling, forward-forecasting, bonus plan design,
Mini-Games and more
- Our periodic attendance at your
huddles
- Regular status discussions to review
progress and keep you and your team on track, and identify opportunities
to improve results
- Attendance at The National Gathering
of Games Conference for one individual to learn from other open-book
companies
- Unlimited
email and phone support
Mini-Game Training with 6 Months of
Support
Mini-Games are small-scale incentive
plans designed to correct a weakness or pursue an opportunity within your
business. There is a common goal, a scorecard and a reward for winning.
This highly interactive training session and follow-on support will give
your employees the skills and confidence to design and apply effective
Mini-Games.
In this program, participants learn to develop mini-games that:
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Keep people focused on a common goal
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Encourage employees to work together
instead of against each other
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Create line of sight between individual contribution and The Big Picture
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Develop a winning attitude
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Get results and create wins
You get:
- Half-day interactive Mini-Game
workshop
- Pre-workshop meeting with leadership
team to discuss goals and desired outcome for program
- Ongoing support for 6 months to review
your team's Mini-Games, including their scoreboards and results. We'll
provide coaching, feedback and recommendations for all involved.
- Unlimited email and phone support
Great Game Check-up
You may think your open book management system
is up to speed, but is it? Find out with our quick and affordable Great
Game Check-up.
You get:
- Assessment of your open book
program, bonus plan design, scoreboards, and related materials. Includes
"Practice Inventory" survey of your leadership team and employees to
measure how well you
are following the practices of “Know & Teach the Rules”, “Follow the
Action & Keep Score” and “Stake in the Outcome” as well as Employee
Engagement. With
written report.
- Our attendance at least one of your
huddles
- We'll meet with
your leadership team to discuss findings, and if applicable, to make recommendations to
improve your program
Appraisal
This is the same comprehensive Appraisal
process we use in QuickStart Implementation. We make Appraisal affordable,
so you can use it on an annual basis and incorporate it into your own
strategic planning process.
You get:
- Great Game's proven Appraisal process,
which gathers the data, information and intelligence needed. In this
step, we'll conduct formal employee and management surveys, gather
industry benchmarks, and dissect your past financials
- We'll meet with your leadership team
to review, analyze and discuss the findings
- Access to coach for discussions of
Appraisal results via phone and email for 30 days after our leadership
team meeting
High-Involvement Strategic Planning
We'll bring Great Game's unique approach
to annual planning into your organization. Starting several months prior
to the start of the new year, you and your team - with our assistance and
guidance - will use the Great Game model to prepare for success.
You get:
- Great Game's proven Appraisal process,
which gathers the data, information and intelligence needed. In this
step, we'll conduct formal employee and management surveys, gather
industry benchmarks, and dissect your past financials.
- SWOT analysis (We don't stop at simply
identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
We'll dig deep and guide your team through an analysis - helping you
build a stronger business.)
- Review and analysis of competitive
advantage/value proposition
- High-involvement sales projections
- Roll-Out - We help roll out the plan
and create buy-in
- Unlimited
email and phone support from the start of the planning process through
the first 3 months of the new year
High-Involvement Strategic Planning pricing is tiered by company
size. Contact us to discuss your specific situation.
Your satisfaction is guaranteed
with all our coaching and support programs.
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