Consulting Services

Over the last 48 years, MAP clients have tapped into the experience and business expertise of MAP Senior Consultants to coach and assist their companies with implementation of the MAP Management System^TM principles. MAP’s Senior Consultants all have extensive executive experience in achieving bottom line results and they apply this deep experience to help their clients. They are experts in executive business coaching helping companies implement the MAP management principles to achieve established goals. MAP principles are presented to participants in the MAP workshops through solid leadership skills training. In addition to conducting MAP workshops, MAP Senior Consultants provide a wide range of general consulting services for all size companies including:

 

• Implementing the MAP Management System^TM
• Strategic Business Planning
• Executive Business Coaching
• Team Building
• Staffing, Hiring, and Retention
• Project and Change Management
• Process Improvement/Optimization
• Systems Implementation Life Cycle
• Behavior Analysis Tools
• More Services
• Customized On-site Programs

 

Implementing the MAP Management System^TM (Facilitating Vital Factor Teams)

Vital Factor Team implementation is the core of the MAP Management System^TM. Vital Factor Team Meetings help companies and organizations successfully execute their goals at all levels of the organization while driving performance accountability throughout the organization.

Strategic Business Planning

Developing a fundamentally focused business plan is an important part of the MAP Management System^TM. A MAP Senior Consultant helps your Vital Factor Team recognize the power of business plan execution.

Executive Business Coaching

MAP Senior Consultants utilize their years of practical management experience in coaching and developing executives to become more effective leaders and managers.

Team Building

MAP Senior Consultants help Vital Factor teams increase their overall performance level as a group.

Staffing Hiring and Retention

MAP Senior Consultants deliver the best practice implementation using Top Grading principles for attracting, retaining and developing top employee talent.

Project and Change Management

All phases of project management including strategy, approach, planning, controlling and administration.

Capabilities include:

• Process consolidation in business combinations (including post mergers & acquisitions)
• Processes and systems integration
• Business relocation
• Systems implementation lifecycle (e.g., workflow, BI, ERP)
• Restructuring and organizational changes
• Business process improvement/optimization
• Business transformation/change planning/control

Process Improvement/ Optimization

• Interviewing, surveying and facilitating workshops for all phases of process improvement
• Process mapping and measurement
• Process analysis/improvement (root cause analysis, and generating/evaluating/strategizing solutions)
• Implementation of Activity Based Costing
• Downsizing/rightsizing
• Benchmarking
  

Capabilities include:

• Acceleration of financial closing process
• Optimization of order to cash process
• Optimization of purchase to pay process
• Optimization of payroll and human resources processes
• Development of policies and procedures
  

Systems Implementation Life Cycle

• Feasibility studies
• Requirements definition and process design
• Software evaluation
• Functional specifications documentation
• Acceptance test planning/controlling
• System migration planning
  

Behavior Analysis Tools

MAP Senior Consultants use several behavioral analysis tools to assist executives in selecting new hires, developing people and learning about themselves. Two of these tools are:

The DISC

This report analyzes an individual’s behavior style. The detailed report focuses on how the individual approaches problems, people, pace of their environment and procedures. This report is exceptionally accurate in describing an individual’s motivations, strengths, communication style and improvement opportunities.

FIRO-B

This report analyzes the individual's expressed and wanted behavior for inclusion of others, control and relationship building. FIRO-B results predict how an individual’s management style will impact others. The assessment helps individuals effectively manage communications and perceptions with others.

An interpretive analysis of both the DISC and FIRO-B by the MAP Senior Consultant is extremely helpful for executive selection and development.

More Services

In the process of working with clients to implement the MAP Management System^TM with Vital Factor Teams, MAP Senior Consultants will frequently assist MAP clients on various other business practices. The following list identifies some of the other ways MAP consultants can help you or your organization:

• Retreats and Off-Sites
• Developing Recruiting Strategies
• Building Compensation Plans and Incentives
• Board of Directors Implementation and Management
• Productivity Assessments
• Succession Planning/Development
• Implementing Mentoring Teams
  

Customized On-site Programs

Since 1960, MAP Senior Consultants have customized on-site workshops for MAP clients. The on-site workshops and programs are customized based on the organization’s needs, culture, and business practices. MAP workshops utilize the principles of the MAP Management System^TM and focus on the six functions of management (Communicating, Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Controlling, and Leading).

Each MAP workshop includes three basic deliverables:

1. Self analysis for the participant
2. A body of knowledge (content) in the form of MAP’s extensive checklists
3. Action steps utilizing MAP’s trade marked Team Consulting technique.

The following are some of the on-site programs MAP can customize to your organization and people:

Project Management – Train your people in the fundamentals of project management, attributes of an effective project leader and controlling techniques to ensure projects meet time and budget targets.

Sales Training – Train your sales people to be productive team members. This program includes closing techniques, best sales practices, personal organization and learning to read the buying styles of customers. Sales people will also learn their primary sales style and behaviors. This knowledge can be applied to improve their overall performance.

Effective Time Management – You will be trained in specific tools that will help you control time versus it controlling you. Customized time saver tools will be developed by each participant. Each individual will develop action plans to eliminate time wasters.

Conducting Effective Performance Reviews – Participants will learn to establish accountability with their individual employees and the overall organization through the performance review process. You will learn how to use the performance review process as a coaching and mentoring opportunity.

Change Management - This workshop focuses on understanding, accepting and embracing change. Each participant’s readiness for change is measured, as well as their team’s readiness to embrace both large and small changes affecting your organization.

Superior Customer Service – The program focuses on how to recognize the components of excellent versus poor customer service. Participants will learn how to deliver well-defined, effective customer service levels in their organization.

Effective Supervision - This program takes the fundamentals of the MAP Management System^TM and translates them to the supervisory level. Supervisors will learn fundamentals of controlling, delegating work, goal setting, elements of leadership and performance management.

Additional customized programs are also available. All programs are centered on the MAP management principles. (Effective Communications, Conducting Effective Meetings, Interviewing Fundamentals, Fundamentals of Execution, Being an Accountability Manager and many more).

 

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