Managed Contractor Workforce – Business Technology Consultants

04 May 2009

SolutionPipe Organizational Value Statement: "An organized group of experienced independent contractors that provides amazing synergy for online project execution."

Let’s examine what each part of this statement means:

An organized group - Most contractors and small consultancy companies have too few employees to be organized in any effective way. Organization is more than the simple bosses and employees. Effective business organization provides a specialized worker in each key role along a proven process.

Every person is different, having unique strengths and experience. We are not all appropriate for every kind of task. By facing each challenge as a group, we ensure there are enough people for each different role. And, by leveraging the SolutionPipe organizational structure, we can be confident that every role is staffed by someone who is naturally inclined to succeed in that role.

Sample Roles: At SolutionPipe, each project will have: Executive Manager, Contract Manager, Project Managers, and Specialists. There may also be Advisors, and Service Managers as needed. When you employ SolutionPipe contractors, the Executive Manager is your main contact. This person understands the overall purpose of your project and is responsible for its success. The other members of the team report to and support the goals of the Executive Manager much as it happens today in many big businesses.

Experienced independent contractors - A quick walk through Cubicle City reveals the weaknesses of the average corporate workforce. In the first cube is an MBA graduate with strong accounting skills who spends most of his time helping the marketing group. In the second cube is a woman who says her reports are not actionable, but the executive assistant asks for them weekly. Next is the guy who has all the answers, but struggles to tell a good story for the boss, followed by the woman who is overqualified for her job and waiting for a new assignment. In the last cube sits a timid young man who was promoted to his job by attrition. Corporations everywhere are filled with people who do not fit their roles and old-school systems prevent nimble fixes that would improve performance.

Independent contractors are not subject to old-school structures. You don't have to train them; just hire the ones who already know how to perform. You can employ them in exactly the role that suits them best. If they are too expensive, you can employ them part time. And, when the project is over, you can let them go without the hassle.

Amazing synergy - One really smart worker can accomplish much, but if you divide the work between 10 experienced workers, amazing synergies will produce more than otherwise expected. SolutionPipe contractors bring huge diversity to the organization along with shared values and a shared vision. Diversity is powerful only when there is a shared goal. Long before your project comes to SolutionPipe, our contractors are cross-training and working together to develop strong relationships that virtually guarantee amazing synergies and superior results.

Online project execution - A popular slide included in most SolutionPipe training presentations shows how all modern marketing techniques flow to the web. The contractors in the SolutionPipe network can do many things, but we focus on those projects that lead to the Internet. Web-based businesses are easier to create, track, and change when necessary.