Conquering your top ten business challenges Alex Keay, Insights Learning & Development

Alex Keay

provides people development programmes that help companies all over the world get the very best from people at work.

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Learning Objectives Uncover today’s top 10 business challenges facing training professionals; Explore and share case study examples of what’s at stake when addressing different business challenges; Examine priority business issues through the lens of Insights Discovery 4-color model.

What business challenges are you facing?

Types of challenges Growing Market Share Cost Reduction Inexperience Manpower changes Downsizing Market Penetration Retaining Talent Economic Pressure Lack of Results Acquisitions Increasing Agility Changes in Personnel – People Joining Increasing Profitability Generating Revenue Multi Cultural Synergy Legal Issues Realising our Potential Innovation Productive Relationships Defending Market Share Shareholder Value Client Retention Changes in Personnel – People Leaving Making Organizational Change Risk Management Getting the best out of people Cash Flow Silo Mentality

Challenges Business

Increasing Profitability We seek to increase profitability by… Analyzing our processes to identify how and where we can reduce inefficiencies Working together, collaborating with colleagues and customers to create lasting solutions Creating a wealth of new ideas and possibilities Setting challenging goals and working relentlessly to achieve them

Increasing Profitability We SHOULD seek to increase profitability by… Analyzing our processes to identify how and where we can reduce inefficiencies Working together, collaborating with colleagues and customers to create lasting solutions Creating a wealth of new ideas and possibilities Setting challenging goals and working relentlessly to achieve them

Increasing Profitability We SHOULD seek to increase profitability by… Analyzing our processes to identify how and where we can reduce inefficiencies Working together, collaborating with colleagues and customers to create lasting solutions Creating a wealth of new ideas and possibilities Setting challenging goals and working relentlessly to achieve them

Business Challenges

Relevance and Effectiveness Time for action? Great stuff Relevance Not a high priority? That’s a bonus Effectiveness

Time for Action Pick the top issue you placed in ‘Time for Action’ Find a partner with the same business challenge. Read the back of the card: Discuss which of these quadrants is being actively addressed Which is being neglected? What actions could you take to move forward?

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