Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for ...

Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth"2. Employees not getting the word (60 percent). "Employees (and middle management) are not gettingthe word from the top and this affects morale; a sense that senior management doesn't care."3. Poor field employee relationships (55 percent). "We don't have a good relationship with themanagement and staff in our field offices."4. CEO doesn't communicate (50 percent). "The CEO doesn't communicate effectively with the seniorstaff; there is no clear under-Figure 5.1Percentages of companies raising major communicationsissues.standing of expectations because we can't get to the CEO."5. Poor communications up, down, and across the line (40 percent). "We don't communicate; we lackcommunications up, down, and across the line." Note that this issue sounds like the communicationsgap described in issue 1.Page 596. Operate too close to the vest (40 percent). "The financial well-being and future plans of the companyare held too close to the vest; we don't know how the company is doing and where it's going."7. Lack sufficient coordination (35 percent). "We don't coordinate very well; we don't have sufficientmeetings and/or meetings are not run efficiently; no agendas are published and meetings are notregularly scheduled."file:///C|/Documents and Settings/gasanova/Local Settin...Forward_MBA_in_Business_Planning_for_Growth/e-book.html (73 of 219)16.02.2005 13:54:23