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Marv Weidner: Managing For Results - Critical Success Factors
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Managing For Results - Critical Success Factors. Managing for Results (MFR) is an integrated management systems that focuses all the components of the management system on results for customers. It is also characterized by an organizational culture where the language, beliefs and behavior are likewise focused on results for customers. We highlight the success of our customer jurisdictions. Employee Involvement in Development. Focus on Results that are Critical. Organization Learns P...
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Marv Weidner: Performance Contracting: Contracting for Results...or Something Less
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Friday, July 8, 2011. Performance Contracting: Contracting for Results.or Something Less. This is the second of three posts regarding Performance Contracting. The first post can be accessed by clicking here. Keep an eye out early next week for the last installment. One of my favorite questions is:. Are your contracts performance based? And a follow-up question for those who indicate their contracts are. Do you contract for outputs, or for results? You may have read our statement that:. If contracts for s...
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Marv Weidner: July 2011
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Monday, July 11, 2011. Performance Contracting: Getting the "How" Right. This is the third of three posts on Performance Contracting. The first post can be accessed by clicking here. The second, by clicking here. In my first two posts on performance contracting – what we call Partnering For Results. 8211; we identified the two key principles for successfully creating contracts to help you ensure your customers experience the results they require:. Be very clear on who the customer is. Your organization m...
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Marv Weidner: Managing Up
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011. All of us have a boss - or several. I've been working for money since my first paper route at age 7 and have been both a boss and had many bosses since then. Yeah.that's a few bosses, a few years and a lot of employees. Initiative - Take It! Never make your boss ask or wonder what you are doing. Manage expectations around deadlines. Coming up are my comments about each of the 'Rules'. Posted by Marv Weidner. Subscribe to Marv's Blog. Gary Guller - Blog. Managing Results, LLC.
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Marv Weidner: Never Reverse Delegate
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011. When your boss asks you to do something, simple or complex, they are doing you several favors. Favors? At its most basic level, they are giving you a job to do so you can earn your pay. Assignments and responsibilities described in your job description give you a chance to prove yourself and your value to the organization. Each assignment, every project, is an opportunity to show what you can do. All of this is self-evident to any professional person. My advice is to take care of...
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Marv Weidner: Schedule
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May 7-8, 2012. King County, WA. Marv will be with King County providing management training on "Managing Up.". El Paso, TX. Throughout the month of May, Marv will be working with the City of El Paso on their Managing For Results Initiative. May, 23-25, 2012. Park University (Parkville, MO). Marv will be providing training on "How to Use Performance Information to Manage" as well as working with Park on their performance based budget. September, 12-15, 2011. June 17-July 9, 2011. June, 10-12, 2011. Marv w...
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Marv Weidner: Speaking Topics
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Marv Weidner led significant, successful changes in the State of Iowa and has coached dozens of government leaders as they have changed their management systems and the culture of government to focus on results for customers. Much is at stake in how we lead change and how our communities view government’s role. What happens in communities where citizens have little faith and show little support for their government? Leading and Managing Change. The only real constant is change – and for leaders the...
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Marv Weidner: March 2011
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Essential Principles: Focus Everything You Do on Results. The third of three lessons learned during my 20 years in government is that if government focuses everything it does on results, then the chances of success go up significantly. Posted by Marv Weidner. Labels: MFR Essential Principles. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Results Conversations: Clyde Namuo, Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Posted by Marv Weidner. Labels: Office of Hawaiian Affairs MFR. Thursday, March 10, 2011. The s...
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Marv Weidner: Performance Contracting: Now, Who Is the Customer, Again?
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Monday, May 16, 2011. Performance Contracting: Now, Who Is the Customer, Again? Governments provide services and deliver results for customers in two basic ways: through employees, or through contractors. And you can sign up for one of our upcoming sessions by clicking here. But with all the (deserved) attention to employees, organizations sometimes don’t focus enough on using their contracted vendors to accomplish results as well. Partnering for Results. Focuses on being clear about. Who the customer is.
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Marv Weidner: May 2011
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Monday, May 16, 2011. Performance Contracting: Now, Who Is the Customer, Again? Governments provide services and deliver results for customers in two basic ways: through employees, or through contractors. And you can sign up for one of our upcoming sessions by clicking here. But with all the (deserved) attention to employees, organizations sometimes don’t focus enough on using their contracted vendors to accomplish results as well. Partnering for Results. Focuses on being clear about. Who the customer is.
