Dirt Cake and Open Book Management
David Burton Part 3
David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.
David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.
In this episode David talks about mini-games, the steps to begin going down the road of opening up your organization, and finally, the importance of Dirt Cake! Our second guest to mention the importance of yummy deserts in their pursuit of a more open, engaging workplace.
Social Shareables
We spend too much time at work to not have some fun being there.
Literal notes while listening to the episode.
The goal of a mini-game is get your team focused on hitting the critical number. They also call them drivers.
Struggles implementing the great game - getting people excited about it, both management and staff. Finding time to do it.
No question, just the first steps to get started getting the whole team involved in the business of your organization:
Read the book
Pray/Meditate/Ponder if you’re ready and next steps
Search out others running the GGOB
First step in opening up the books: buy The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack. (not an affiliate link, they’re not allowed in Missouri - What’s Up With That!?) http://amzn.com/0385348339
The importance of Dirt Cake. -
Natural Child World Dirt Cake Recipe. http://naturalchildworld.com/dirt-cake/
Integrative Mom Mostly Organic Dirt Cake Recipe - http://integrativemom.com/mostly-organic-dirt-cups-recipe/
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Resources
Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf
Greene County Extension Great Game of Business Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx
Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf
Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html
The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Improve Your Bottom Line 20 Percent with OBM
David Burton, Part 2
David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.
David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.
In this episode David shares how the great game interacts with their annual business plan, how they’re in the black for the first time in 6 years, and how everyone is participating in the financial accountability of the Extension office.
Social Shareables from Part 2 with David Burton
One small (/sarc) effect of running the Great Game at the Extension - 1st time in 6 yrs in the black.
Another small (/sarc) effect of GGOB at the extension - Council members are engaged and understand the financials.
Effect of GGOB at the extension - Everyone on staff coming up with ways to save on expenses. New ideas on income generation bubbled up from inside.
Aha moment - many/most people don’t understand the financials and maybe timid to admit it. No shame. Start educating.
Learn how a nutrition specialist helped to reign in travel spending.
Literal Notes taken while listening to the episode:
How the great game interacts with their process of creating an annual Business Plan - Business Plan is a Blueprint of what they need/want to do. While the Great Game is more of “how” they will achieve the plan. How they will implement.
Just opening up the books and teaching the team the financials has shown, on average, a 20% improvement in your bottom line. You see more benefits if you’re able to provide an incentive.
Mutli-year team member after implementing GGOB - This is the first time I’ve really understood what these numbers mean and how I can impact them.
Chart - Know and teach the rules, follow the action and keep score, and provide a stake in the outcome, and the Critical Number at the convergence of these three.
Know and teach the rules - First, agree that you’re playing a “game” and that there is a score that measures the success of your organization. What numbers reflect success for your organization.
Follow the action and keep score - Everyone has a line item they’re responsible for tracking and projecting forward. They meet 30 minutes every week to cover the score. Creates a lot of interaction between team members.
Provide a stake in the outcome - can be as simple as having “dirt cake” after hitting a soil test threshold, to a larger “bonus” of development money if they hit the critical number at the end of the year.
Question:
How much would it help your organization if you admitted (if true) that there are elements of the financials you don’t understand? What if you started learning and then teaching on it?
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Resources
Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf
Greene County Extension Great Game of Business Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx
Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf
Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html
The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.
David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.
David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.
In part 1 of 3 episodes, David gets into what open book management is for a small government/non-profit/complicated organization like his, how the great game has changed the mindset of the team, and how they’ve overcome skepticism.
Social Shareables from part 1
Open Book Management is both a life preserver and a motor boat. It helped pull us out of the financial crisis and at the same time moving us forward.
Literal notes taken while listening to the show:
Open book management is also financial transparency, financial education, team-building, and a philosophy that gets people on the same page on decision making and strategic planning.
After open book management we’re not just thinking, “what’s in it for me?”.
Questions
Are you and your people thinking about the day-to-day habits that are costing your organization money and time?
The extension has a complicated mission, management structure, and funding process. If they’re able to use open book management, do you think your department or company could manage it?
Might there be skepticism in your organization to open book management working? What could help convince your team to buy-in?
At the end of this episode is a quick interview with Shawn Murphy, co-creator of The Rebel Leader Podcast. This is the first podcaster highlight i wanted to share with you. I will choose a podcaster that I believe will help you run your business and life in such a way that you will intentional inspire yourself and those around you.
These interviews will normally be their own episode on the Inspired and Intentional channel, but I wanted to share the first one with you.
From the Rebel Leader Launch:
The Rebel Leader promises to bring together executives, leaders (both formal and informal), entrepreneurs, authors and influencers who make a difference by leading rebelliously. We’ll interview people you already know and admire, and many purpose-driven leaders you’ve never heard of – but should.
Through stories, interviews and analysis we’ll help you understand how much leadership is changing as we leave the Industrial Age behind – and embrace the Social Age.
The show will be hosted by the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, Shawn Murphy. He’ll be joined by Mark Babbitt, our President and Senior Partner.
The Rebel Leader on Switch and Shift - http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst
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Resources
Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf
Greene County Extension Great Game of Business Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx
Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf
Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html
The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Here we are to share part 3 with Anese Cavanaugh, who is devoted to helping people show up and bring their best selves to the table in order to create significant positive impact in their lives. She is the creator of the IEP Method® , an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world, and author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives.
In this episode she shares how she knew she was onto something with IEP, and getting aligned with your purpose.
Let’s dig into these topics and more with Anese. We’ll see you on the other side.
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Are you aligned with your purpose? Are you listening to your day?
Do you remember those early days of your business when you were energized by the work? How can you tap into that again? Can the renewed energy help your team?
Are you speaking your true message/strength to your team and to your prospective customers? Are you being honest with who you really are?
Questions entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers
She talks about her company’s beginnings and how she was so energized, to the point that it woke her up in the morning with ideas and energy. Do you remember those days? How can you tap into that again? How could renewed energy help your team?
Share your responses on the comments section of the blog or on social media. You can find the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode27
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Join us next week as we begin our conversation with David Burton, Director of the Greene County Extension Office and how open book management is helping turn their little office around.
Until then, be inspired and intentional.
Resources
Anese Cavanaugh.com - http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/
Contagious Culture Book - http://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Culture-Intentionally-Organization-Thrives/dp/1259584577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455686232&sr=8-1&keywords=contagious+culture
Top secret resources page - http://IEP.IO
Anese’s resource kit - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resourcekit
Busy Blog Post - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance
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