CHARLESTON, S.C., May 7, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Many companies use an outdated business design that
sets them up for failure in today's rapidly evolving business
climate. Baltimore area-based
author and entrepreneur Stephanie Novak
Hau offers a better way forward in her new book Sprocket:
The Mechanics of Business Success. Hau boasts more than 30
years of experience as a small business owner and is a recipient of
the U.S. Small Business Administration Person of the Year.
"When businesses fail to adapt to changes in their environment,
performance suffers," Hau writes. "If ineffective adaptation is
allowed to persist, poor performance progresses first to
obsolescence and then ultimately to failure.
"The failure will be incorrectly chalked up to external forces
that were out of the business's control. In reality, the failure
resulted from an inability to effectively respond to these forces,
which was well within the business's control."
Sprocket, published by Advantage Books, introduces
business leaders to a better, more intentional design for their
business operations. By adopting this design, businesses will
operate more effectively and efficiently, adapting quickly to
changes in their business landscape so that, as Hau puts it, "you
are not stuck on the side of the road with all your
competitors."
Hau developed the design that she calls "Sprocket" from her more
than three decades of working with clients that included small and
large businesses, nonprofit entities, and government agencies at
the local, state, and federal levels.
Sprocket incorporates five critical components that Hau says are
needed to achieve high levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and
accountability. Those components are purpose, strategy, structure,
processes, and culture. In her book, Hau takes a deep dive into
each and provides step-by-step blueprints on how to optimize
them.
"When change occurs, the degree to which your organization is
ineffective and inefficient will determine how well (or even if) it
can implement an appropriate adaptive response," Hau writes. "If
you want your organization to thrive and not just survive (or even
dive), you need a better design—one that will allow you to identify
and implement transformational changes without major interruptions
to operations…
"When change comes, and it will, you don't want to be in the
driver's seat of a Model T or Pinto."
About Stephanie Novak
Hau
Stephanie Novak Hau, author of
Sprocket: The Mechanics of Business Success is CEO of CEM, a
company that applies practical science to improve communities. Hau
has earned recognition as the U.S. Small Business Administration
Maryland Small Business Person of the Year. She also created
America's Commerce Corps™ to support local business.
About Advantage Media Group
Advantage Media (www.advantagemedia.com) offers independent
publishing programs and Authority Media™ services purpose-built for
transformational business leaders, entrepreneurs, and industry
experts who seek to inspire a new generation, ignite social change,
and grow their reputation as thought leaders. The company has
published more than 2,000 Authors who reside in 12 countries and
have translated their books into more than 20 languages.
Media Contact
Miguel A.
Casellas-Gil
Director of Public Relations
Advantage Media
Mcasellas-gil@advantagemedia.com
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