Why Gecko Company?
You hold a management position in a corporate company and doing a good job...
but do you recognize one of these challenges?
Ecological impact:
this is how you stay compliant.
Environmental regulations are becoming more and more strict over time. Compliancy to minimize emissions of certain substances and cradle-to-grave environmental footprint are being planned by authorities for the coming decades.
Regardless we need to optimize investments to keep our business profitable and make them ' future-proof'.
However, still there are loads of uncertainties in the regulations. What regulation is applying to who and who will be exempted because of what reasons?
Also the energy transition is still coping with major challenges. There are numerous alternative and ' green' fuels, but they all have their pros and cons. There still is no so-called 'silver bullet' that will solve all problems.
So what strategy should we follow to make sure we stay compliant to progressively stringent environmental impact reductions requirements?
What technologies and fuels are available and which ones would be the best choice for us; now and for the future?
And who has the skills and time to manage that?
How to score.
Time after time.
You think you see a gap in the market, that your company or department could fill.
But what features of the new product or service will really score in the market?
And who can find it out how?
And after that, how and where should we manufacture the product or organize the after sales service?
And who can take care of that, and free up the time time for it?
Houston, we have a problem.
You launched a new product or service into the market with features, of which your sales deptartment & dealers told you, it would make sales of it sky-rocket.
However, revenues on that product/service is only mediocre or even low, not weighing up to the development investments made.
How should the product be managed to make it more successful? What features should it really have, and which not?
Who has the skills and time to manage that?
How to beat your competition:
Time after time.
You were once the ' best in class' supplier with satisfied customers.
However over time it seems your competition is surpassing you. Your market share is dropping.
And you hear ' through the grapevine' , that your (new) competitors offer:
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Better prices
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Better delivery times
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Fewer quality issues
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Fewer production errors/mistakes
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A product downgraded to the essentials
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And more of these 'rumours'
You are facing the challenge of how to tackle these 'objections to do business with your company'.
It is time to reconsider and optimize your product and internal processes to beat your completion on all fronts. You need a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Consultant and perhaps also a knowledgeable Interim Manager to optimize your production processes.
Who has the expertise and time to help you out with this and manage it for you?
Mutiny. How to deal with it.
You inherited or bought an existing company. Or you bought a daughter/sister company, and are making the best of the merger. You have a clear idea of what you want your company to be.
But the existing company culture(s) is/are is not aligned l in some ways to the direction you have in mind. In the merger you see culture clashes among departments, even demotivating people sometimes. You want to keep as many skilled employees onboard, even some who are not (yet) abiding.
What should be done to keep the people motivated?
How can you prevent the skilled employees from leaving?
How can you make everybody 'sail in the same direction' again, and doing 'the extra mile' with a smile?
Who has the skills and time to manage that?
How to build a solid strategy.
u have a general company or department strategy & abiding policy.
But you're struggling to fill in the details. You find it hard to get a crystal clear message over to your people.
Some of your employees even become 'back-stabbers', filling in the company policy gaps themselves, to serve their own purpose, and many times get away with it.
With what should your strategy be enriched?
Who can then get the message across and how, so all your people know exactly what to do?
How can your people be coached to change their ways?
Who has the skills and time to manage that?
An experienced sparring partner.
You want to understand better what 'moves' your people. And perhaps even to understand yourself better (sometimes in the eyes of others).
Therefore you want a 'sparring partner' who is not 'born with a golden spoon in his mouth'. Someone who has started from scratch and has felt 'most lashes of the whip'. Also he has failed many times at many things. He has felt the pleasant, but also very unpleasant sides of various organizations with different cultures. A man who actually studied the 'evergreen' books like 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' and 'Think and grow rich'.
BUT from all the above he has LEARNED, LEARNED AND LEARNED MORE.
Some statistics.
+73%
Average cumulative scale-up results
+31%
Average organical growth in first year
+22%
Average annual passive growth after 3 years