S3:E4 – Increase operational excellence with Marianne Page

Green Business With Impact

Why is operational excellence so important and what does it take to achieve it, especially in a sustainable company? All this and more will be answered when I have a great conversation with an expert on the matter, namely Marianne Page, author of several books on the topic. To Marianne, operational excellence can be as simple as “doing what you say you will, when you say you will, and to the standard expected”. And however easy that sounds, it's not always easy to deliver.

With fast-food restaurant McDonald’s as a recurring example of what it means in a practical sense, Marianne takes us through several aspects of how to practice operational excellence. You’ll hear about “sticky systems” and why a leader's values and the sort of business they want to build is key to getting and maintaining the right people to your (sustainable) business. Because however you may have a fantastic vision to impact millions of people, the first people you need to impact positively are the ones who work with you.

**You can hear about: **

• The importance of hiring people who share the values you have about being a force for good company and how the right people can help your company achieve being just that
• That trust is the glue that holds a business together – both the business to its customers as well as the leader to the team within the business
• How you make a connection between having stability and systems and at the same time wanting to develop and change
• The “3-1-90” system and how your business also can use this system to prepare for what’s coming
• That you should start thinking about, implementing, and building your operational excellence from day one, whether you are a sustainable business or not
• Why communication – both internally and externally is important

**Mentioned in this episode: **

• Marianne Page website: https://mariannepage.com/
• Marianne Page on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariannepage/
• Marianne’s books: Simple Logical Repeatable, Process to Profit and Mission: To Manage: https://mariannepage.com/books/
• The onboarding system Trainual: https://trainual.com/

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