Geared Up Issue 4 2017 | Page 44

Operations Update: Frontline Improvements 42 I f your email chimes and you think to yourself, “Not another complaint,” you might be in operations. It may be an exaggeration to think that all our members do is complain, but every operations person knows the feeling that comes from that chime. You put together the team, you trained them to the best of your ability and then the results come in. Perhaps this month your business metrics were a success, or maybe you missed the mark. Either way the numbers have told a story. Your frontline people either passed or failed. It is completely normal to feel this way. You put your heart and soul into building this business. You build an operations team that understands that to grow means to succeed. You know that your time, your effort and your money all demand that the staff around you should have the same goals. However, in practice, the frontline staff does not always share your goals and desires. by Brian Cassagio