What is MB?

MB is a tool that helps the senior management level define a management strategy and implement it. It is a tool aimed first and foremost at chairmen of boards of directors, as well as for board members and CEOs.

MB has been successfully used to create a vision, develop a strategy and objectives, formulate a work plan, craft a budget, and set targets to measure and control. MB was developed by Hadar Kantor, a business consultant with vast experience in the fields of management, psychology, and organizational dynamics. The tool is based on dozens of years of experience coaching senior executives in some of Israel’s leading companies and organizations.

MB was developed to provide those at the highest management levels with tools and methods that empower them and improve their management technique. This is a top-rate management tool that can instill a management culture, values, and standards that will help a company achieve a relative advantage over market competitors.

MB offers the following benefits:

•  It focuses executives on the most important issues and teaches them to handle them effectively;

• It guides executives toward forward thinking and helps them develop a strategy that will give the company a competitive advantage;

•   It creates a process that, with professional guidance, facilitates the successful fulfillment of management and business objectives;

• It turns management from a routine and tiresome task into one that’s exciting and challenging

MB has been used with great success in a number of major firms in the Israeli economy. Executives who use it on a daily basis report that their management abilities have improved significantly and that it has made a marked contribution to their organizations.

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What does MB include?

MB is a tool that helps senior executives define their management strategy and implement it. MB includes proactive methods to focus the executive on the company’s priorities and develop the skills to cope with the problems identified, and simple, user-friendly software to apply the approach and to manage the process in an organized fashion.

The proactive approach focuses on putting the company at a relative advantage, and includes:

• Identifying the strategic issues that are important to the firm

• Coping with dilemmas during application

• The flow of information in the organization

• Organizational culture

• Instilling management patterns in the organization

• Management transparency

MB helps float topics and problems to help executives deal with:

• Challenges that are not in their area of expertise or experience

• Organizational politics

• Harnessing managers and employees to the organization’s objectives

• Measuring executive performance

• Responding effectively when targets aren’t met

The software helps apply the proactive methodology and allows executives to:

• Draw up a plan that’s flexible and dynamic

• Generate information to help manage the process (reports, warnings, statistics)

• Improve information-sharing at the executive level to keep everyone in sync

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Who is MB meant for?

MB is aimed at the chairmen of boards of directors and CEOs at medium and large companies who feel they need a management tool to help them formulate a management strategy and implement it effectively.

MB is particularly suited to senior executives, including:

• Controlling shareholders in public and private companies

• Board chairmen who want to improve management performance and strategy implementation

• CEOs facing the challenges of growth and change

• Board members in public and private companies who encounter gaps in company management and performance

• Owners of investment funds who want to introduce organizational or cultural changes in companies they own

MB helps with the following management challenges:

• A lack of information about or control over processes taking place in the company

• Absence of a clear organizational strategy

• A lack of clarity regarding how to lead the organization toward meeting its goals

  • Instilling a corporate culture and values among managers and employees.

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How does one work with MB?

MB is a tool for enhancing the management interface between the board chairman, the board members, and the senior management of the company, headed by the CEO.

MB aims to instill management habits and work methods that will increase an executive’s effectiveness and allow him to focus his management abilities on those issues that are crucial to the firm’s future development.

To get the most out of MB, it’s advisable to start with a work meeting to introduce the company and explore the executive’s needs, vision and aspirations for the future.

During this meeting, a coaching plan will be drawn up that will address the following issues:

• Delineating those matters that are the executive’s responsibility

• Setting measurable targets

• Formulating a management routine and timetable

• Profiling the desired result

The MB consultation process includes the following components:

• Individual discussions

• Attending meetings

• Formulating a management routine and setting directions for action

• Building an MB program and assimilating it

• Monitoring the executive’s progress and helping him deal with dilemmas and difficulties.