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Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Either their operations have grown quite a bit or they are in the midst of growing. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? But there are a few questions: Why is it necessary to hire an operations person? We answer with a resounding yes.

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Bank Valuation: Understanding Key Ratios and Metrics

Tom Spencer

Profitability ratios Net interest margin (NIM) Efficiency ratio Return on assets (ROA) Fee income to total income Return on equity (ROE) Dividend payout ratio Total shareholder return (TSR) 1.1 All else being equal, a higher ROA is better as it indicates stronger profitability and more efficient asset utilization.

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How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1

Johanna Rothman

The musical chairs game focuses on resource efficiency. It disregards flow efficiency , management experience, and how the best managers support their teams. However, because we had our own computers and we worked in resource efficiency , not too many people noticed. Why do managers feel as if they're playing musical chairs?

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Workflow Breakdowns in Larger Firms: Why They Happen, What to Do About Them

Emerson Consulting Group

Efficiency in business comes down to reaching goals with the highest degree of quality and speed possible. When workflow breaks down and this efficiency fails, it’s worth questioning why it happened and how to prevent it in the future. If the hands and feet, eyes and ears don’t coordinate, the body can’t move efficiently.

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Asamby Consulting named top consulting firms

Asamby Consulting

We are your partner for consulting in the fields of operations, organizational behavior, automation, and strategy execution. We use operational excellence and organizational behavior tools to ensure your processes are effective and the right people have the right tools to follow them. Book your free call now!

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How deep processes can improve your performance

Asamby Consulting

Therefore, the founder and the senior employees face the inevitable dilemma of not being able to carry out their usual tasks anymore but are afraid of delegating because their team would not do them “with the same quality or efficiency I would do”. Standard Operating Procedures are the first solution to lack of processes).

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How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)

Harvard Business

In much the same way, nobody calls a travel agency to book a simple flight anymore. So a lot of people were surprised when it launched a brick and mortar book store , but as Apple has shown with its highly successful retail operation, there’s a big advantage to having stores staffed with well trained people.