Stategies for Bulletproofing Organizations

George Glover  with bulletPROOF, a management consulting firm, spoke at the March 8th meeting about building a stronger organization by following the six tenets of a Bulletproof team. These are: to have a definable purpose; a definite plan; making sure to keep the right people; selecting the right leaders; by building relationships; and finally tracking the results and adjusting as needed to meet No. 1, the purpose.  George primarily focused on the first tenet, having a purpose. 

He explained that an organization's purpose should meet six criteria; 1.Is it a contribution to society - NOT a product or service? 2. Does it answer the question - Why is this work important? 3. Is it inspirational and motivational? 4. Does it use POWERFUL Words?  5. Is it brief in length so employees will remember it? 6. Is it broad enough in scope to allow for future opportunities and change?

George gave some examples of a companies purpose including his own; "We build bulletproof teams and therefore bulletproof organizations". He went on to explain that "A bulletproof team is one that exceeds expectations in an environment where people love both what they do and who they do it with".

We got some really good points from his talk and look forward to hearing more of his ideas in the future.  (George Glover is shown at right with Rotarian of the Day, Roland Herwig)