The great Green Bay Packer’s coach, Vince Lombardi, was committed to clarity and focusing on the fundamentals. He was known for starting each football season by holding up a ball and stating, “This, gentlemen, is a football.”

Coach Lombardi believed that the basics, the fundamentals, and clarity were the foundation for doing football well.

Having clarity as to what is important is a wonderful attribute. I recently read Chip Ingram use this acronym: GBTTB, which stands for Get Back to the Basics. Another well known acronym: KISS (Keep it simple, sweetheart) echoes the same thought.

Yet, if you are anything like me, I sometimes get caught up in the complexity. I need to remind myself that clarity and focus wins out every time.

We at My COO Resources (www.mycooresources) and Aldridge Kerr (www.aldridgekerr.com) use a simple, yet highly effective method of identifying our Critical Processes and then focusing on those processes whenever things get too complex. By having clarity on what processes are most important to a Company’s success, then when there is too much to do, the focus and priorities become clear: to work on those tasks (processes) that are most critical.

This approach is so simple that it can get underappreciated. If we consistently recognized the power of what our Company’s priorities should be, we could accomplish so much more.

We believe that knowing a Company’s Critical Processes is so important that it is the first solution that a Company completes once upgrading one’s My COO Resources’ membership. So regardless of what a Company’s operations issues are, identifying their Critical Processes provides the foundation for clarity and focus.

Want help in identifying your Critical Processes? Sign up to take the Simple Start Assessments at www.mycooresources, then upgrade your membership so you can walk step-by-step through the Critical Processes Solution and identify those processes that are most critical to your Company’s success.

Questions? Don’t hesitate to contact me at CharleneA@mycooresources.com. And check out our blogs and previous newsletters and/or emails at http://www.mycooresources.com/?page_id=324

– Charlene Aldridge
CharleneA@mycooresources.com