Beyond The Box

Beyond the Box . . .

Creators of the highly customized
business simulation, "Risks and Rewards" ™.

Experts in business and financial fluency.

Would you like your employees to understand how their jobs affect your bottom line? Do you want them to act like they own the business?

Many companies give employees a "stake in the outcome" of the business and then expect them to "act like owners". Companies are disappointed when employee behavior changes little . . . if at all. The problem is that employees do not have the necessary information about business in general-or about their business-to connect their job performance with positive financial results.

The December 2002 issue of Inc. says that sharing financials with employees should be "every company's priority". According to a recent Watson Wyatt survey, "only 49% of workers surveyed said they understood the steps their companies were taking to reach new business goals or . . . how those goals related to their job performance."

So what's a company to do?

Beyond the Box can help companies create and sustain an "ownership culture". We do that by:

Helping clients formulate and articulate distinctive strategies for winning in their marketplace
Communicating, educating and connecting employees to that strategy by teaching business and finance that results in immediate and future performance improvement.

Beyond the Box creates a highly customized workshop that teaches employees:

The basics of business
The details of their business-its strategy and key measurements
The basics of finance
The complexities of running the business, using Beyond The Box's powerful game simulation, "Risks and Rewards" ™
How to connect their daily activities to the key measurements through "catalyst action plans"

In the best selling book, Act Like an Owner, Marty O'Neill says Risks and Rewards "helps everyone in an organization create a line of sight between their daily activities and the performance of the business. It's a fun and effective way to show people that their actions have a direct impact on the business."

Our "signature" product is a highly customized workshop that enables employees to "act like owners". The workshop features a proprietary, hands-on simulation, "Risks and Rewards"™ TM to facilitate optimal learning.

This powerful one-day workshop focuses specifically on your strategy, your key drivers, and your competitive environment. The game simulation, "Risks and Rewards"™ is customized to your business. Your employees experience what it's like to run your business with all of its challenges. What people learn in one day is specific, relevant, and long lasting; and most importantly, enables them to meaningfully impact the profitability of your business the next day.

Outcomes of the workshop:

Implements an organization's strategic initiatives
Helps employees get the "big picture" of business and their role in its success
Demonstrates the importance of cash flow
Shows employees what drives the business to success and how each person positively influences those drivers
Creates a line of sight to the key performance indicators of your business
Engages and focuses employees' energy on improving business performance

What participants say about the workshop

I learned more about the company today than I did in my 20 years here.
I would never have believed that learning about business and finance could be fun.
It was the very best workshop I've ever attended and I've been to many.
I never knew all the ways our customers are affected by what I do or don't do.
If only we had all this information before.
The instructors were a dynamic duo and made learning as exciting as it could be.
What I learned here will help me on my job - and also at home in managing my finances.
I was amazed at how you were able to make the game so specific to our company
I am pleased to hear that all employees will attend this workshop. It will certainly make a difference in our collective performance in the future. There's no doubt about it.