Growing Your Business

Question of the Day – Developing and Growing Capacity

Do small everyday hallway encounters support your best exchange of meaningful business information? Does this define the quality of your communication and engagement? How are you developing capacity for growth?

A Program for Developing Capacity for Growth - The One-on-One Meeting System

Author Whitney Johnson’s recent management book “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Business” hit the nail on the head. Every manager should have a clear strategy to develop additional capacity in their people that will support growth. Who better than someone’s boss? However, the overall way to achieve this extremely valuable action is vague in most organizations. But hold on, there’s more. The “One-on-One Meeting System” has a host of great outcomes that a manager can produce from a well administered application. Additional capacity is just one. Here are some of the most valuable outcomes that most dedicated managers achieve with this process:

 1.     Regular, planned communication

2.     Build relationship

3.     Build capacity

4.     Mentor/coach

5.     Provide feedback

6.     Be clear and provide perspective

7.     Avoid surprises

8.     Anticipate, anticipate

9.     Protect quality communication

10.   Create the future

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