Well, another month in the books…a lot of positives taken out of July. Backlog is good, and some big wins are coming in from all areas of the business. August is already starting out very positive.
Earlier, I posted on a homework assignment that our boss gave us asking us that if there was one thing we could change that would positively affect our business, what would it be?
Our team discussed this throughout the week in some email exchanges, and we came up with some good ideas. The discussion definitely went longer than intended, but it was a good forum of ideas…following is a list of the highlights that generated most of the discussion:
- Sign back a very large vendor we used to have
- Better communication with purchasing teams
- Getting our support staff more familiar with our technologies and products (buyers, marketing, etc…not tech support)
- Better system tools for sales
These are just a few of the ideas presented; others were mentioned that were great. I liked the format of the whole project. If we’d just been asked point-blank to come up with these thoughts, I doubt that it would have been as successful.
What I really took from this, though, is that as Product Managers, we always have to be thinking about change, and how change can help us succeed. A lot of people are hesitant to accept change, and those are the ones that fail. I appreciate the fact that I am part of a company that encourages – no – rewards people who embrace change. I look back at how I resisted all the changes a couple years ago, and how my views have changed to support good change.
I’ll end with a link to our CEO’s blog since his post today fits perfectly…
