Pocket Sized Pep Talks

Trust The Plan

Episode Summary

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what separates companies that excel at planning for success from those that are regularly frustrated by the planning they do? Author Greg Spira sits down with Rob and lays out the ground rules for trust. Without trust, there’s second-guessing, and that creates waste, and that creates inefficiency, and that undermines performance, and, well, that's why we interview talented authors like Greg!

Episode Notes

In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, you'll learn:

• What led Greg to write Trust the Plan and how is it different from other business / management books.
• The definition of Demand Management.
• How leaders can foster trust. 
• How organizational leaders build and maintain trust that will extend from the leadership team down through the chain of command.
• How businesses commonly confuse “plans” and “goals."
• Why is it important to keep internal “customers” in mind when developing a company demand plan.
• The ramifications of a lack of transparency when gaps develop between demand projections and business goals.
• Vital questions company leadership should ask itself every month as it reviews its demand plan and goals.  
• A few takeaways from Greg's book.

Learn more at:

www.gregspira.ca.