{"id":1525,"date":"2013-08-28T21:23:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T21:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consulting.vamtam.com\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2013-08-28T21:23:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T21:23:54","slug":"want-profits-bottoms-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/want-profits-bottoms-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Profits? Bottoms Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n\t<p><strong>BURP: Don&#8217;t knock it &#8217;til you try it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not suggesting that you host an open bar at work. What I am suggesting is that you adopt the BURP\u00a0strategy in your place of business. Okay, now I&#8217;m sure you think I just returned from a two martini lunch, but alas I&#8217;m quite serious (yes, sober too). The BURP strategy (Bottom&#8217;s Up for Remarkable Profits) is based on a single premise: nobody knows how to make your business succeed like those that do the work.<\/p>\n<p>In business, high-level\u00a0managers are responsible for creating the vision and mission, setting the direction in which the business will go and the means by which it will go there. Mid-level managers are responsible for implementing the policies and plans created at the highest level. Front-line managers direct the activities of the non-managerial personnel. Each of these people are subordinate to someone. If you&#8217;re the CEO, it&#8217;s the Board; a VP, it&#8217;s the CEO; and so on.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\tBottom&#8217;s up? Why does it matter?\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.fl-node- h2.vamtam-heading * {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #177b57 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artofthetattoos?lang=bg\" title=\"@ArtOfTheTattoos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t@ArtOfTheTattoos\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.fl-node- h3.vamtam-heading * {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #392cb0 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Every subordinate is the expert when it comes to the jobs they&#8217;re entrusted to do. Success and profitability depend upon the performance of each and every subordinate. Imagine that staff at any level are not aware of the compelling vision and mission.<\/p>\n\t<p>Imagine that the instruction given to them is not sufficient, clear and practical. Imagine there&#8217;s no feedback loop, and all these things go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows best when things are not what they should be? The answer is the subordinates &#8212; every single one of them. Bottom&#8217;s-Up matters because those who are performing a task know better than anyone (Yes, even better than the one who assigned the task) whether or not things are working well and how they can be improved. A more effective and efficient workplace is one that can and will achieve greater profitability.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adams also came to understand how important it was that his carefully crafted photos were reproduced to best effect. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/photo-15.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusmarketing.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}