Strategic Business Transformation
Position to Notice helps C-suite leaders engage their frontline teams more effectively, purposefully, and intentionally.
About Position to Notice Founder Troy Amaris
After starting my career in the corporate world, I took a seven-year detour to coach college basketball at the highest level. This included coaching the legendary "Fab Five" at the University of Michigan and a trip to the 1992 national championship game.
One of my biggest takeaways from coaching was the ability to provide precise, continuous, and real-time feedback to players on the court. I was in a unique position to notice when they did something right and when there were opportunities for improvement.
Following this exciting chapter, I returned to corporate America for two decades. I soon noticed the further up the organization leaders moved, the more often they lost touch with their frontline teams. I found it surprising that when we created a strategic plan, only a few leaders were present on the front lines to ensure its implementation.
This realization led me to establish my Position to Notice (PTN) practice. I coach executive leadership teams across all industries how to reengage with their frontline teams purposefully, intentionally, and most importantly, regularly.
About Position to Notice (PTN)
Build Trust
The large majority of executive leadership teams, across every industry, are not trusted by their front line teams. This isn't because they are bad people, but because senior teams spend so little time on the front lines, nobody really knows them.
Know Each Other
Once senior leaders establish a cadence of being in a PTN, employees stop referring to the home office as "headquarters", "the system", or "corporate." They begin to use the names of the actual leaders, because they regularly see the leaders, engage those leaders, and those leaders have names.
Have Finger on the Pulse
Senior leaders who establish a cadence of being in a PTN, instead of always relying on their teams, have a greater likelihood of having their finger on the pulse of the business. They know what's working, what's not, and what's getting in the way of their teams. No need for long, impersonal surveys to find that out.
Bring Strategy to Life
The most successful leaders are abundantly clear on the strategic drivers central to their organization's success. Every time they are in a PTN, they catch employees bringing their strategy to life and reinforce those actions with very precise and specific feedback - leaving employees highly likely to replicate that behavior.
Drive Engagement
Organizations with leadership teams committed to regularly being in a PTN have significantly higher levels of engagement. Frontline teams know their leaders and trust them. The teams have confidence their leaders are in touch, and they get recognized for doing the things that bring the company's strategy to life. Everyone wins!
