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2ic Consulting Pty Ltd

Locality: Maitland, New South Wales

Phone: +61 400 489 752

Address: P.O. Box 730 2320 Maitland, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.2icconsulting.com.au

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23.01.2022 How Important is Planning to Success, Really? By Graeme Cotton We have all heard the adage that failing to plan is planning to fail. Is this true? Do we spend too much time on planning? Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber has said that the reason for him creating the Scrum concept was the number of times project teams used a Gantt chart in an effort to ensure the project ran on time and to budget, only for 100% of them to fail to achieve the majority of these targets.... With businesses making decisions every day based upon their plans and investors investing in companies based upon those companies’ plans, surely there is no doubt that planning is a crucial element to their success? Strategic planning is a requirement for the world of business, never more so than now with a rapidly changing global landscape and a political world full of indecision. The real question is: how well do we really do it? Are we just like the project teams Schwaber described, accepting our failure in not meeting all of our aims or merely applying a guide to keeping us on track? A successful organisation needs to align the minds of the organisation, extracting creativity and challenging conventions. In this way, the organisation can be opened up to a new rationale, ascertain its goals, and get everyone on board to aim for those goals or, rather, achieve those goals. The key might lie in having more fluid planning with the ability to adjust quickly. However, this is quite a change from common practices and requires considerable effort in addressing not only the social elements within an organisation, such as culture, but also the commercial and technical aspects. Where needed, training should be given to staff in order to help them to adjust and accommodate this shift in thinking. Even budgets may need to be revised more often than the traditional 1 or 5 year guides. An example of these challenges lies within the New South Wales local government sector, where Councils are having to look at how their organisations operate. Many are facing amalgamations with neighbouring Councils, with a number of concerns regarding how to plan for such a major project. LKS Quaero is working with many Councils as we try and tackle this challenge together, including through the development of an Amalgamation Good Practice Guide. How would you tackle these major planning challenges? At LKS Quaero, we offer an integrated suite of services, including assistance with strategic planning and amalgamation planning. If you’d like to know more, visit us at lksquaero.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

21.01.2022 Hey Everyone check out an animation that we created, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSm-EW8n_kI&feature=youtu.be

20.01.2022 Winning Edge Concept Small differences can result in large differences in results Why has Dell been able to outperform its competition consistently over the past decade? Strategy, certainly. Operational discipline, without a doubt. Talented people, of course. But when asked in an interview with Harvard Business Review what best explains the company’s spectacular success over the years, Dell founder Michael Dell and CEO Kevin Rollins focused on something else.... While Dell does have a superior business model, said Rollins, the key to our success is years and years of DNA development that is not replicable outside the company. Added Michael Dell, Culture plays a huge role. Just like in sport, especially those involving teams there are a number of factors that can destabilise a perfectly great season. Its’ the little holes that sink the boat. The difference between the top performers and the average performers in any business is not a huge difference. It’s just a tiny difference on the margin, they just do certain things a certain way a little bit better each day and it all adds up to an enormous quantum leap. Seemingly those that have a High performance culture are not dependent on one simple factor or as a result of one or two things. The entire context you operate in greatly impacts your results. This context includes the culture of the business how things get done, how decisions get made, what works and does not work as far as behaviors and what gets rewarded and how. The key to building a high-performing culture is to make sure you consider ‘what, and how, you will achieve your objectives the clear definitions of where you are going in a specific time-frame. The specifics of a high performance culture are unique to your business because they are based on what will work best for you to get you to where you want to go within the parameters you have defined. There is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to culture. One thing is for sure, Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast!

20.01.2022 Qualified Advisor to business in the transition to a point-of-sale, inventory and customer loyalty software for iPad, Mac & PC. Easily setup, manage and grow your business, from one store to many, in the cloud.

20.01.2022 For all those innovators out there it could be argued that these same principles could be applied when you are coming up with your very own 'Moonshot'.

19.01.2022 Remember if your business is having issues its not the end of the world. There are people out there who can help you. Like SV Partner's 2iC can help you work through your concerns.

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15.01.2022 Do you have a quality business plan, or need guidance in ensuring it will work for you?

12.01.2022 Very positive AGM held tonight Once again thank you Richard and Luke Boyle for your years of service The new executive of the Board is Pete Proctor - Chairman... Graeme Cotton - Vice Chairman Mark Wawskowicz - Finance Congratulations to the new executive See more

09.01.2022 To all my friends, I'm glad to announce that I have recently accepted a very exciting role of General Manager with http://www.businessgrowthcentre.org.au/ commencing 17th of July. If you are over Gateshead way, give me a buzz and we'll catch up for a coffee or lunch.

06.01.2022 Excited to bring some pearls back from the Purposeful CEO summit

06.01.2022 Over 760,000 small businesses from 2010 have not survived. Don't let it be you.

05.01.2022 February Newsletter "Coaching for Success"

04.01.2022 Can your Boss still be your friend? "Friendship is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an association." Wikipedia I'd like to think they can, and I have always tried to remain friends with former employees. Not all of them, but most of them.... Certainly there are times where you have to bring an employee into line, or a time where you cannot give them what they may or may not deserve. For me personally these have always been the toughest of times, trying to tell someone I care about or respect that they will need to accept my decision. All things being equal it would always be my intent to maintain a professional and if possible friendship. Let me know what you think (yes even the former employees).

03.01.2022 One great story about courage and intelligence overcoming adversity

02.01.2022 2iC October Newsletter