Success ..the platform of business.

[TrueTiger]

Guys….success is not the platform of business...it is a by-product of the design and implementation of processes and strategies by managers who understand how to take the dynamic capabilities of their resources within the organisation and turn them into weapons that can secure competitive advantage in the market.

Stryker,very good description and a correct one,however if your business runs at a loss and is not operating to its capacity to make it profitable,then it can't reach a successful platform,it will eventually wither away at the costs of operating and eventually will close,this is what I was trying to say…an old wise business man told me once " it's no good wasting good money chasing bad" ...the point he was making is,if you make an investment and it doesn't reap profit,then don't put more money into it,cut your losses...cheers mate....

 

[Mccarry]

Shallow advice but some truth in it. Perhaps you have miss understood it.

For example success isn't about building a business on success. That's like watching the movie in rewind. Success is an outcome.

It also isn't often the first outcome

Toyota is great because they create a process and then refine it over and over, year in year out. Their first processes were weak.

Dyson designed over 100 vacuums before cracking it.

The point actually is that there are countless ways to win in business.

One way not to win is to focus on the outputs (success). Outputs are measured as they point to if you have the right inputs. great Leaders train and develop the inputs: Great people, great processes, great systems, great branding campaigns, great product design insights etc.

The lesson from your friend is that if you study your own success you will often find what you are naturally good at. You then focus on the people, processes and systems that made the particular success 'so successful'. These strengths are where you should focus your business on.

Taylor has studied our strengths and has determined that none of them can be good enough to cover our weakness (defence). I am fundamentally opposed to this. Developing strengths is the secret to success. Yes he needs to mitigate this weakness, but by focusing on it he destroys engagement, confidence and growth potential.

He needs to build on strengths and then over time continue to slowly but consistently build processes. People that focus on building on weakness feel weak. Young professionals struggle to put the extra effort in.

I would kill for a few months to teach Taylor how to lead people. The book he should read is Soar with your Strengths. Basic book but the approach works with people.

Ask yourself, which manager / leader do you respond best to?
1\. You are really crap at xx role or task so focus on it over the next week.
2\. You are great at yy let's find ways to let you do more of it.

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[supercoach]

My guess the club is in a very big hole at present and it is not the cap that is the problem,more their bank balance. I might be very wrong, but like any biussness your not going to come out and tell the world your bottom line is not flash. The trouble we are facing is it is very hard to get yourself out of a hole without money. The team struggles and all your financial streams start to struggle and the hole gets bigger.

It seems the board are hinting things will turn around by 2017 and by than we will be able to enter the player market, I wonder if they are trying to buy time or their is some substance to all of this or is it all based in a wing and a prayer

 

[MightyMaggy]

My guess the club is in a very big hole at present and it is not the cap that is the problem,more their bank balance. I might be very wrong, but like any biussness your not going to come out and tell the world your bottom line is not flash. The trouble we are facing is it is very hard to get yourself out of a hole without money. The team struggles and all your financial streams start to struggle and the hole gets bigger.

It seems the board are hinting things will turn around by 2017 and by than we will be able to enter the player market, I wonder if they are trying to buy time or their is some substance to all of this or is it all based in a wing and a prayer

My worry is that to exist for the next eighteen months to reach the **hinting things will turn around by 2017** the club needs the finances to maintain their standing AT THE LEAST! In order to improve in this period, the club will need extra finances to either re-sign players or sign new players. The vibes suggest the club will be struggling to hold their position let alone improve the situation.

 

[Newtown]

Wests Tigers are in the middle of a vicious cycle due to their current dire financial situation. Without money the club;

1\. Cannot buy any first grade competitive players- in fact they are being forced to shed many current players no matter what promise these players are showing for the future.

2\. Cannot attract sponsors.

3\. Without sponsors the club cannot offer any TPA's which would attract players to the club and at the same time lessen the pressure on the club's CAP situation.

4\. Cannot attract a high profile capable coach.

To me it would seem that the club was in plenty of financial strife a couple of years due to payments made to Sheens and overspending on players which have not in turn provided much return on the investment. In recent years the club has also been forced to spend overs in order to keep their top juniors, Tedesco, Moses and Brookes. The jury is still out on whether the money spent on keeping these three players has been warranted. For the sake of the club and fans I hope that these three players blossom with maturity and reach their full undoubted potential.

 

[gallagher]

So where do we get money from? Just sit back and hope we start winning?

 

[Newtown]

So where do we get money from? Just sit back and hope we start winning?

Until we turn the corner it has to be heads down and tails up right throughout the club including all players and fans.

 

[gallagher]

So where do we get money from? Just sit back and hope we start winning?

Until we turn the corner it has to be heads down and tails up right throughout the club including all players and fans.

I hope they have something more than that in mind.

 

[TrueTiger]

So where do we get money from? Just sit back and hope we start winning?

Until we turn the corner it has to be heads down and tails up right throughout the club including all players and fans.

I hope they have something more than that in mind.

Gallagher,Newtown is right in the fact there has to be some very hard work to be done right through out the club,we need funds to clear debts and to pay for quality players…indeed we need to win so as the fans make a return to the games,this is where money is made through gate sales,food ,beverage and merchandise,all add up to revenue to the club..

There is a big mess to clean up and you have to work hard at cleaning that mess.....

 

[supercoach]

I have said it many times, it's a classic catch 22,we need money to get a winning team but a team can not win without money. Basically if Taylor can not turn a few kids into champions and a few plodders into thoroughbreds our future is doomed

 

[gallagher]

The dogs make money each and every year no matter how the team performs. Having a business model that requires the team to perform in order to make money doesn't work.
You need money to make more money.