What does success look like? To figure this out you must first have a benchmark of where you are now. What is your current leadership model? Who’s really running the company and what changes need to be made to be more successful and open to your employees?
Before you begin to implement new leadership strategies, first look at your current state. Make a list of the way things are currently running. Make a list of the way you would like things to run. Once you have these things in place you can start to fill in the space between.
Your benchmark is what your company looks like now, and how it looks compared to peer companies. This applies to both your numbers and leadership culture. If you currently have a top down, non-empowering leadership structure and sales numbers are floundering – those sales numbers, employee satisfaction, and customer satisfaction are your benchmark. Those are the numbers you are going to compare to your results to. Set a timeline for those results and be realistic. Two to three months is a good timeline to start seeing changes in the way your leadership structure works. Sales and satisfaction numbers shouldn’t be far behind. You can make the amazing changes in your company you want to establish benchmarks first to see the changes in clear numbers.