| In my business which is career counseling, career | | | | my clients are assembling "swat" teams of identifiable |
| guidance, and professional services, I've seen and | | | | problem solvers, putting this group together in a |
| been a part of several "new" business solutions. Most | | | | team with a proven leader, having presentations |
| followed the Director - Manager - Supervisor - | | | | made to them from the "problem-area" and |
| Worker Bee with varying numbers of associates | | | | generating resolution(s) to the problem. Some clients |
| comprising a pyramid-like structure. | | | | are using the term Business Process Re-Engineering |
| Typically a company had several of these structures | | | | to identify this type of team. |
| based on the service / product provided. Pyramid | | | | Again, using my experience, some larger firms have |
| structures look like the Egyptian model or could look | | | | identified internal teams that might stay together for |
| like a thumbtack resting on its head, i.e., a very thin | | | | a period of time. A rule of thumb, sometimes |
| structure where everyone does everything from top | | | | executed in these large corporations, is to rotate |
| to bottom... | | | | team members in order to identify leaders and |
| In the past problems that were recognized by an | | | | problem solvers. |
| area were addressed within that area and with | | | | The difference in the business model today is a more |
| fanfare or without fanfare, most were solved. With | | | | extensive use of Contract Staff. The request is to |
| many years experience in Information Technology | | | | have a professional service firm put together an |
| (and several of the readers know) the | | | | approved "swat team" to come in and identify the |
| solution maybe just was a temporary fix; A | | | | project, solve the problem, provide the how-to |
| Band-Aid. But once the problem was fixed, | | | | documentation and leave, appears to be gaining |
| temporary or permanent, the offending manager | | | | traction. |
| could then do "chest thumping" to tell his Director or | | | | If you feel you want to join a team like this, be |
| VP, "I've been successful and completed the fix." | | | | aware this is the life of an Independent Consultant. |
| However, using some editorial leverage, Einstein once | | | | Find a group and see if you can make a difference. |
| said, ""The thinking it took to get us into this mess is | | | | If you need a direction-set, and are not finding a |
| not the same thinking that is going to get us out of | | | | path to achieve the goal, contact a career coach, |
| it." | | | | career guidance professional or a person steeped in |
| The business process of internal resolution versus | | | | consultative services for idea tracking and reaching |
| external resolution has existed for some time.. | | | | your objective. |
| Aware of this "problem - solution" method, some of | | | | |