Down Under: Processes – the Solution to Resolving an Issue or Dumbing Down Staff?
Blog: BPTrends - Down Under
In their Column this month, John Jeston and Gina Craig ask, “Is providing staff with detailed step by step process and work flow solutions making them think less?” In their experience as managers, they have learned that staff are generally closest to the process and usually have the best solutions to process problems. Is this your experience as well?
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He also writes a regular Column in the international BP Trends Monthly Update. He can be reached at johnjeston@managementbyprocess.com
Gina has 30 years experience as an adult teacher, trainer, facilitator, designer of training courses, writer and senior manager. Gina has provided these services to the higher education sector, private enterprise and large and complex government agencies. Gina has proven expertise in the creation of, and transformation to, an extremely large and complex shared services environment. She then demonstrated that the new entity was designed and structured correctly by successfully managing the largest team within that entity. She also leaned the processes within the entity to find work and workforce efficiencies. Gina has also been a lecturer and tutor with University of New South Wales, Australia where she lectured and tutored economics, calculus, statistics and accounting; managed and supported a Learning Management System and Learner Content Management System; lead and managed large teams of 100 plus staff; and managed numerous projects some of which resulted in $10’sm in savings. Gina’s consulting, communication and relationship skills enable her to successfully manage and mentor individuals and teams.
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