601 words, 2.2 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk
Center of Excellence 1 big thing: Establish that your company organizations need greater efficiencies.
The big picture: Build an environment of collective responsibility and accountability and drive goal achievement and business outcomes with the Advisor Group leadership team/directors; includes outcomes related to market and Advisor Group business plans and other key priorities of the Advisor Group and Commercial division.
Why it matters: Check that your operation leads or provides direction to cross functional teams to achieve objectives across multiple business units or Centers of Excellence.
Between the lines: Ensure you are able to see around corners and anticipate future business scenarios, enabling your organization to plan for and invest in growth wisely.
What we’re hearing: “Ensure you strive to recruit from a diverse slate of managements and foster an environment which provides the right conditions for long term success.“, Senior Marketing Manager – Regional Business, Group Benefits Marketing
Go deeper: Make sure the Center of Process Excellence is responsible for ensuring your companys business processes are able to meet the needs of your Member Owner organizations.
What to watch: Oversee that your operation is Initiating/leading problem solving to identify short term and long term actions to prevent problem reoccurrence, reduce production downtime and increase productivity.
What they’re saying: “Partner closely with the Talent Acquisition Team on all aspects of sourcing, data collection and strategic partnerships to keep your pipeline robust with diverse talent.“, Director, Centers of Excellence
On the flip side: Make sure your process monitors industrys best practices, standards, and trends and incorporates this knowledge to provide insight into strategic planning, proposed solutions, and actionable metrics.
How it works: Work closely with Cloud Center of Excellence and related DevOps teams to plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in cloud solutions against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
State of play: Make sure the COE and A Manager is responsible for oversight of the customs enterprise continuous improvement and service provider program which includes the deployment of innovative compliant solutions at the business units, leveraging technology to achieve compliance at the speed of business.
The bottom line: Warrant that your organization helps identify organizational impediments to successful agile transformation and work with the leadership team to create effective strategies to overcome them.
What’s next: Introduce mechanisms for adoption at scale, such as People and Change methods, Cloud and DevOps enablement functions, Centers of Excellence, Experience-based Accelerators, and training and enablement strategies.
ICYMI: Continue education and learning from design through delivery to ensure best practices in design and product development eliminate the need for heavy oversight and monitoring.
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