this is a good case study.....do your SWOT analysis.
Strength
Weakness
Opportunities
Threats
A SWOT analysis can be carried out for a company, product, place, industry, or person. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective....
fy the key internal and external factors seen as important to achieving an objective. SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories:
1. internal factors – the strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization
2. external factors – the opportunities and threats presented by the environment external to the organization
Analysis may view the internal factors as strengths or as weaknesses depending upon their effect on the organization's objectives. What may represent strengths with respect to one objective may be weaknesses (distractions, competition) for another objective. The factors may include all of the 4Ps ; as well as personnel , finance , manufacturing capabilities, and so on.
The external factors may include macroeconomic matters, technological change , legislation , and sociocultural changes, as well as changes in the marketplace or in competitive position. The results are often presented in the form of a matrix.
SWOT analysis is just one method of categorization and has its own weaknesses. For example, it may tend to persuade its users to compile lists rather than to think about actual important factors in achieving objectives. It also presents the resulting lists uncritically and without clear prioritization so that, for example, weak opportunities may appear to balance strong threats.
It is prudent not to eliminate any candidate SWOT entry too quickly. The importance of individual SWOTs will be revealed by the value of the strategies they generate. A SWOT item that produces valuable strategies is important. A SWOT item that generates no strategies is not important.
Use
The usefulness of SWOT analysis is not limited to profit-seeking organizations. SWOT analysis may be used in any decision-making situation when a desired end-state (objective) is defined. Examples include:
non-profit organizations , governmental units, and individuals. SWOT analysis may also be used in pre-crisis planning and preventive crisis management . SWOT analysis may also be used in creating a recommendation during a viability study /survey.
Strategy building
SWOT analysis can be used effectively to build organization or personal strategy. Steps necessary to execute strategy-oriented analysis involve: identification of internal and external factors (using popular 2x2 matrix), selection and evaluation of the most important factors, and identification of relations existing between internal and external features.
For instance: strong relations between strengths and opportunities can suggest good conditions in the company and allow using an aggressive strategy. On the other hand, strong interactions between weaknesses and threats could be analyzed as a potential warning and advice for using a defensive strategy. The analysis of these relationships to determine which strategy to implement is often performed in the growth planning phase for a business.
Matching and converting
One way of utilizing SWOT is matching and converting. Matching is used to find competitive advantage by matching the strengths to opportunities. Another tactic is to convert weaknesses or threats into strengths or opportunities. An example of a conversion strategy is to find new markets. If the threats or weaknesses cannot be converted, a company should try to minimize or avoid them.
SWOT landscape analysis
The SWOT-landscape systematically deploys the relationships between overall objective and underlying SWOT-factors and provides an interactive, query-able 3D landscape.
The SWOT-landscape grabs different managerial situations by visualizing and foreseeing the dynamic performance of comparable objects according to findings by Brendan Kitts.
Changes in relative performance are continually identified. Projects (or other units of measurements) that could be potential risk or opportunity objects are highlighted.
SWOT-landscape also indicates which underlying strength and weakness factors have influence or likely will have highest influence in the context of value in use (for example, capital value fluctuations).
Corporate planning
As part of the development of strategies and plans to enable the organization to achieve its objectives, that organization will use a systematic/rigorous process known as corporate planning .
****SWOT alongside PEST /
PESTLE can be used as a basis for the analysis of business and environmental factors. [9]
Set objectives – defining what the organization is going to do
Environmental scanning
Internal appraisals of the organization's SWOT, this needs to include an assessment of the present situation as well as a portfolio of products/services and an analysis of the product/service life cycle
Analysis of existing strategies , this should determine relevance from the results of an internal/external appraisal. This may include gap analysis of environmental factors
Strategic Issues defined – key factors in the development of a corporate plan that the organization must address
Develop new/revised strategies – revised analysis of strategic issues may mean the objectives need to change
Establish critical success factors – the achievement of objectives and strategy implementation
Preparation of operational, resource, projects plans for strategy implementation
Monitoring results – mapping against plans, taking corrective action, which may mean amending objectives/strategies
Marketing
Main article: Marketing management
In many competitor analyses, marketers build detailed profiles of each competitor in the market, focusing especially on their relative competitive strengths and weaknesses using SWOT analysis. Marketing managers will examine each competitor's cost structure, sources of profits, resources and competencies, competitive positioning and product differentiation, degree of vertical integration , historical responses to industry developments, and other factors.
Marketing management often finds it necessary to invest in research to collect the data required to perform accurate marketing analysis. Accordingly, management often conducts market research (alternately marketing research) to obtain this information. Marketers employ a variety of techniques to conduct market research, but some of the more common include:
Qualitative marketing research, such as focus groups
Quantitative marketing research, such as statistical surveys
Experimental techniques such as test markets
Observational techniques such as ethnographic (on-site) observation
Marketing managers may also design and oversee various environmental scanning and competitive intelligence processes to help identify trends and inform the company's marketing analysis.
Below is an example SWOT analysis of a market position of a small management consultancy with specialism in HRM.
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Reputation in marketplace
Shortage of consultants at operating level rather than partner level
Well established position with a well defined market niche
Large consultanc operating minor level
Expertise at partner level in HRM consultancy
Unable to deal with multi-disciplinary assignments because of size or lack of ability
Identified market for consultancy in areas other than HRM
Other smal consultanc looking to invade the marketplac
In community organization
The SWOT analysis has been utilized in community work as a tool to identify positive and negative factors within organizations, communities, and the broader society that promote or inhibit successful implementation of social services and social change efforts. It is used as a preliminary resource, assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in a community served by a nonprofit or community organization. This organizing tool is best used in collaboration with community workers and/or community members before developing goals and objectives for a program design or implementing an organizing strategy.The SWOT analysis is a part of the planning for social change process and will not provide a strategic plan if used by itself. After a SWOT analysis is completed a social change organization can turn the SWOT list into a series of recommendations to consider before developing a strategic plan.
A simple SWOT Analysis used in Community Organizing
Strengths and Weaknesses: These are the internal factors within an organization.
Human resources - staff, volunteers, board members, target population
Physical resources - your location, building, equipment
Financial - grants, funding agencies, other sources of income
Activities and processes - programs you run, systems you employ
Past experiences - building blocks for learning and success, your reputation in the community
Opportunities and Threats : [11] These are external factors stemming from community or societal forces.
Future trends in your field or the culture
The economy - local, national, or international
Funding sources - foundations, donors, legislatures
Demographics - changes in the age, race, gender, culture of those you serve or in your area
The physical environment (Is your building in a growing part of town? Is the bus company cutting routes?)
Legislation (Do new federal requirements make your job harder...or easier?)
Local, national or international events
Although the SWOT analysis was originally designed as an organizational method for business and industries, it has been replicated in various community work as a tool for identifying external and internal support to combat internal and external opposition. The SWOT analysis is necessary to provide direction to the next stages of the change process. It has been utilized by community organizers and community members to further social justice in the context of Social Work practice.
Application in community organization
Elements to consider
Elements to consider in a SWOT analysis include understanding the community that a particular organization is working with. This can be done via public forums, listening campaigns, and informational interviews. Data collection will help inform the community members and workers when developing the SWOT analysis. A needs and assets assessment are tooling that can be used to identify the needs and existing resources of the community. When these assessments are done and data has been collected, an analysis of the community can be made that informs the SWOT analysis.
Steps for implementation
A SWOT analysis is best developed in a group setting such as a work or community meeting. A facilitator can conduct the meeting by first explaining what a SWOT analysis is as well as identifying the meaning of each term.
One way of facilitating the development of a SWOT analysis includes developing an example SWOT with the larger group then separating each group into smaller teams to present to the larger group after set amount of time. This allows for individuals, who may be silenced in a larger group setting, to contribute. Once the allotted ganization and community. A SWOT meeting allows participants to creatively brainstorm, identify obstacles and strategize possibly solutions/way forward to these limitations.
When to use SWOT
The use of a SWOT analysis by a community organization are as follows: to organize information, provide insight into barriers [15] that may be present while engaging in social change processes, and identify strengths available that can be activated to counteract these barriers.
A SWOT analysis can be used to:
Explore new solutions to problems
Identify barriers that will limit goals/objectives
Decide on direction that will be most effective
Reveal possibilities and limitations for change
To revise plans to best navigate systems, communities, and organizations
As a brainstorming and recording device as a means of communication
To enhance “credibility of interpretation” to be utilized in presentation to leaders or key supporters.
Benefits
The SWOT nd it helps organizations gather meaningful information to maximize their potential.

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Sllime:
Hello nairalanders, i need your suggestions. I work with one of the leading paytelevison companies in Nigeria. I might not be able to mention name for image sake. I got the job few months after my graduation and i can say i put in more than a 100% in the job. I worked with a team of young graduates and our branch recorded the highest decoder sales ever made by the company.


Fast forward to 2016, i reminded my boss that my promotion is due and he pulled the trigger.I arrived work on this faithful day and saw a letter, with joy i opened the letter expecting the obvious. I was shocked to the bone marrow. I have been transferred to the company's worst branch. Infact, the company had considered closing the branch down last year. With anger and frustration, i stormed into my boss office to know why i got a transfer intead of a promotion letter, he told me the comapny has charged me with a responsibility of reviving the branch after a year. If i do this successfully, i will be made the branch manager. Upon enquiry, i realised that the branch manager was sacked due to fund and mismanagement issues. I have accepted the offer but on arrival i realised that the condition was far worse than i anticipated. Therefore i seek advise on the following pressing challenges because i believe when we share ideas, we help each other:

1. How do i improve sales: The sales is so bad that days will pass by and no single decoder sold infact, you can count the number of people who entered the office.

2. Coperation from staff: Unlike the young talented team i worked with, what i have here are unmotivated staffs who believe you cannot tell them anything because they are older than you both inn age and in the business.

Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks

Simple:
Carry out a new campaign plan using incentives to clients and new customers in order to boost sales
Sack some of the workers and recruit new ones . You may bring some from your former branch

@sliime See this as a blessing in disguise. You can use the KYA method which simply means: Know Your Adversaries. Identify their strengths and weaknesses and use it to your own advantage. For example, if one of them likes sports you can engage in constructive discussions. Be friends with them.

The second method: CAR, which means Capacity Achievement and Relationship.
Increase your capacity. Work more on your previous achievement in your former office and lastly build positive Relationship with your colleagues. Respect them; don't talk rudely to any one of them.
Finally, pray for direction.

OP, you have been setup to fail

....

this is a good case study.....do your SWOT analysis.
Strength
Weakness
Opportunities
Threats
A SWOT analysis can be carried out for a company, product, place, industry, or person. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective....
fy the key internal and external factors seen as important to achieving an objective. SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories:
1. internal factors – the strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization
2. external factors – the opportunities and threats presented by the environment external to the organization
Analysis may view the internal factors as strengths or as weaknesses depending upon their effect on the organization's objectives. What may represent strengths with respect to one objective may be weaknesses (distractions, competition) for another objective. The factors may include all of the 4Ps ; as well as personnel , finance , manufacturing capabilities, and so on.
The external factors may include macroeconomic matters, technological change , legislation , and sociocultural changes, as well as changes in the marketplace or in competitive position. The results are often presented in the form of a matrix.
SWOT analysis is just one method of categorization and has its own weaknesses. For example, it may tend to persuade its users to compile lists rather than to think about actual important factors in achieving objectives. It also presents the resulting lists uncritically and without clear prioritization so that, for example, weak opportunities may appear to balance strong threats.
It is prudent not to eliminate any candidate SWOT entry too quickly. The importance of individual SWOTs will be revealed by the value of the strategies they generate. A SWOT item that produces valuable strategies is important. A SWOT item that generates no strategies is not important.
Use
The usefulness of SWOT analysis is not limited to profit-seeking organizations. SWOT analysis may be used in any decision-making situation when a desired end-state (objective) is defined. Examples include:
non-profit organizations , governmental units, and individuals. SWOT analysis may also be used in pre-crisis planning and preventive crisis management . SWOT analysis may also be used in creating a recommendation during a viability study /survey.
Strategy building
SWOT analysis can be used effectively to build organization or personal strategy. Steps necessary to execute strategy-oriented analysis involve: identification of internal and external factors (using popular 2x2 matrix), selection and evaluation of the most important factors, and identification of relations existing between internal and external features.
For instance: strong relations between strengths and opportunities can suggest good conditions in the company and allow using an aggressive strategy. On the other hand, strong interactions between weaknesses and threats could be analyzed as a potential warning and advice for using a defensive strategy. The analysis of these relationships to determine which strategy to implement is often performed in the growth planning phase for a business.
Matching and converting
One way of utilizing SWOT is matching and converting. Matching is used to find competitive advantage by matching the strengths to opportunities. Another tactic is to convert weaknesses or threats into strengths or opportunities. An example of a conversion strategy is to find new markets. If the threats or weaknesses cannot be converted, a company should try to minimize or avoid them.
SWOT landscape analysis
The SWOT-landscape systematically deploys the relationships between overall objective and underlying SWOT-factors and provides an interactive, query-able 3D landscape.
The SWOT-landscape grabs different managerial situations by visualizing and foreseeing the dynamic performance of comparable objects according to findings by Brendan Kitts.
Changes in relative performance are continually identified. Projects (or other units of measurements) that could be potential risk or opportunity objects are highlighted.
SWOT-landscape also indicates which underlying strength and weakness factors have influence or likely will have highest influence in the context of value in use (for example, capital value fluctuations).

****SWOT alongside PEST /
PESTLE can be used as a basis for the analysis of business and environmental factors.
Set objectives – defining what the organization is going to do
Environmental scanning
Internal appraisals of the organization's SWOT, this needs to include an assessment of the present situation as well as a portfolio of products/services and an analysis of the product/service life cycle
Analysis of existing strategies , this should determine relevance from the results of an internal/external appraisal. This may include gap analysis of environmental factors
Strategic Issues defined – key factors in the development of a corporate plan that the organization must address
Develop new/revised strategies – revised analysis of strategic issues may mean the objectives need to change
Establish critical success factors – the achievement of objectives and strategy implementation
Preparation of operational, resource, projects plans for strategy implementation
Monitoring results – mapping against plans, taking corrective action, which may mean amending objectives/strategies
Marketing
Main article: Marketing management
In many competitor analyses, marketers build detailed profiles of each competitor in the market, focusing especially on their relative competitive strengths and weaknesses using SWOT analysis. Marketing managers will examine each competitor's cost structure, sources of profits, resources and competencies, competitive positioning and product differentiation, degree of vertical integration , historical responses to industry developments, and other factors.
Marketing management often finds it necessary to invest in research to collect the data required to perform accurate marketing analysis. Accordingly, management often conducts market research (alternately marketing research) to obtain this information. Marketers employ a variety of techniques to conduct market research, but some of the more common include:
Qualitative marketing research, such as focus groups
Quantitative marketing research, such as statistical surveys
Experimental techniques such as test markets
Observational techniques such as ethnographic (on-site) observation
Marketing managers may also design and oversee various environmental scanning and competitive intelligence processes to help identify trends and inform the company's marketing analysis.
Below is an example SWOT analysis of a market position of a small management consultancy with specialism in HRM.
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Reputation in marketplace
Shortage of consultants at operating level rather than partner level
Well established position with a well defined market niche
Large consultanc operating minor level
Expertise at partner level in HRM consultancy
Unable to deal with multi-disciplinary assignments because of size or lack of ability
Identified market for consultancy in areas other than HRM
Other smal consultanc looking to invade the marketplace
In community organization
The SWOT analysis has been utilized in community work as a tool to identify positive and negative factors within organizations, communities, and the broader society that promote or inhibit successful implementation of social services and social change efforts.. This organizing tool is best used in collaboration with community workers and/or community members before developing goals and objectives for a program design or implementing an organizing strategy.The SWOT analysis is a part of the planning for social change process and will not provide a strategic plan if used by itself. After a SWOT analysis is completed a social change organization can turn the SWOT list into a series of recommendations to consider before developing a strategic plan.
A simple SWOT Analysis used in Community Organizing
Strengths and Weaknesses: These are the internal factors within an organization.
Human resources - staff, volunteers, board members, target population
Physical resources - your location, building, equipment
Financial - grants, funding agencies, other sources of income
Activities and processes - programs you run, systems you employ
Past experiences - building blocks for learning and success, your reputation in the community
Opportunities and Threats : These are external factors stemming from community or societal forces.
Future trends in your field or the culture
The economy - local, national, or international
Funding sources - foundations, donors, legislatures
Demographics - changes in the age, race, gender, culture of those you serve or in your area
The physical environment (Is your building in a growing part of town? Is the bus company cutting routes?)
Legislation (Do new federal requirements make your job harder...or easier?)
Local, national or international events
Although the SWOT analysis was originally designed as an organizational method for business and industries, it has been replicated in various community work as a tool for identifying external and internal support to combat internal and external opposition. The SWOT analysis is necessary to provide direction to the next stages of the change process.
Application in community organization
Elements to consider
Elements to consider in a SWOT analysis include understanding the community that a particular organization is working with. This can be done via public forums, listening campaigns, and informational interviews. Data collection will help inform the community members and workers when developing the SWOT analysis. A needs and assets assessment are tooling that can be used to identify the needs and existing resources of the community. When these assessments are done and data has been collected, an analysis of the community can be made that informs the SWOT analysis.
Steps for implementation
A SWOT analysis is best developed in a group setting such as a work or community meeting. A facilitator can conduct the meeting by first explaining what a SWOT analysis is as well as identifying the meaning of each term.
When to use SWOT
The use of a SWOT analysis by a community organization are as follows: to organize information, provide insight into barriers [15] that may be present while engaging in social change processes, and identify strengths available that can be activated to counteract these barriers.
A SWOT analysis can be used to:
Explore new solutions to problems
Identify barriers that will limit goals/objectives
Decide on direction that will be most effective

This I see as a true test of your ability and experience gained in your previous branch. Well my best advise would be
1. Study the previous records for sales, staff, peak period, other key records that would help you make critical decision and proper strategies
2. Talk with the staffs that are there, understand there plight what's killing there moral and why the lack of motivation cos this people knows the area better that you. So letting them go and bring in a new team won't be of much help cos they don't know battle ground better than the staffs there.
3. After a few months in charge an you have notice the irrelevant staffs (those that are dulling other morals aka bad eggs) then you can now go into action of laying then off (you are kinda the boss you know)...this would now be the best time to bring in 2 to 3 of the best guys in your team so as to work with the other staffs that care ready to work.
4. And lastly commit your plans into God's hand before you start... This is the beginning of wisdom.

All the best in your new challenge. See you at the top

onismate:
God is your muscle. You need technical strategies that is workable and work out for you. Just like some has said, how did you get your former branch to be more engrossed in your products! Do the same with this your new branch.
For the staff, if you can't cope with their attitude request for capable hands.

Hmmm i think there is an element of pride in him.
Since he believes that he is the main brain behind the company achievement, then the management has no other option than to test his ability in a baren land, and let see how fruitful it will be.

Going boldly to demand for his promotion speaks volume to what an saying.

All you need is Publicity tell your boss to assist you with some fund for publicity, and also get new working team, vibrant ones ask for change of works in that branch, I pray it work for you. Thanks

I have been your shoe 2 years back new job and non-cooperative staff..
But believe me changing staff will not at all help because it will show u as failure as team leader.
Best thing is do your job sincerely as if you don't sell its your failure not of your staff and you will be sacked and not your staff as they will put blame on you.
So try to make planed strategy as to when and how can you improve sales.
Inspite of blaming show them by selling and you will get recoganise by your superior.

you need few thing to build on that can make you successful & move you forward.
- Integrity is a great virtue. It's either you have it or you don't. If you do have it, it will help you.
- you need positive Relationship to get the support of your colleagues in getting the desired result.
- understand the principle of getting things done with a good sense of accountability.

Apart from getting close to God ,summoned your branch meeting, tell them what is at stake and you all we plan it,raise different plan with target ..another important consideration is how much does your decoder goes for ? what incentive do your company have for new subscriber and old one as well..?All this we help marketing grows ..Your newly call area,what kind of people you notice ..do more marketing with youth and extend it more smile...I can see you rise ..beat of luck

Apart from getting close to God ,summoned your branch meeting, tell them what is at stake and you all we plan it,raise different plan with target ..another important consideration is how much does your decoder goes for ? what incentive do your company have for new subscriber and old one as well..?All this we help marketing grows ..Your newly call area,what kind of people you notice ..do more marketing with youth and extend it more smile...I can see you rise ..best of luck

theokoliz:
firstly understand the staffs there, highlight the rigid ones and transfer em to other branch, get few new faces in there and you can get started.

Hmmmmm, i guess their is a midst up somewhere.

The op is not the branch manager yet but if he performed well he will be promoted to a branch manager.

So he is still under a test, and on this note he don't have such capacity to sack or transfer anybody now. Infact you can not even call an acting manager, as far am concerned that position is still vacant.
Remember there is always a senior officer in any organization. Who will, must always act on the absent of any manager or director.

My approach to this kind of situation is always inhuman according to mywife but it always works.use 3 pple as example: sack 1 of them, suspend the second & pay half salary to the third & other ll fall in line & make sure resume in that branch as king(some1 with authority).

Affable0709:
Be Calm, Your Time Will Come !
Kenya is 2 hrs ahead of Nigeria, but it does not mean that Nigeria is slow, or that Kenya is fast. Both countries are working based on their own "Time Zone."
Some one is still single. Someone got married and 'waited' 10 yrs before having a child, there is another who had a baby within a year of marriage.
Someone graduated at the age of 22, yet waited 5 years before securing a good job; and there is another who graduated at 27 and secured employment immediately !
Someone became CEO at 25 and died at 50 while another became a CEO at 50 and lived to 90 years.
Everyone works based on their 'Time Zone',
People can have things worked out only according to their pace.
Work in your “time zone”.
Your Colleagues, friends, younger ones might "seem" to go ahead of you.
May be some might "seem" behind you.
Don't envy them or mock them, it's their 'Time Zone.'
You are in yours!
Hold on, be strong, and stay true to yourself. All things shall work together for your good.
You’re not late …
You are not early ... you’re very much On time!
*RESPECT YOUR TIME ZONE*`

Hmmm, infact God will bless you for this post, it just as if your talking to me.

You have really made my day.

Thank you.

Prayers o

Become your boss

stnkembu:
They know you're hardworking and they want to see u put in a 110% of yourself to the job.

Since you've realised one of the challenges you'll face - staff. Tell them to give u a new team you can work with if they really want u to succeed.

That's the key. If you are in charge and those under you want you to fail get rid of them immediately.

Hello, just calm down, sit down with the staff over there, don't expect immediate success or boom, work with them as if you know nothing (for some time) let them see you with vision, try to gain their confidence, when it comes to decision making , don't dictate and the last and the most important of it all "PRAY"

Sllime:
Hello nairalanders, i need your suggestions. I work with one of the leading paytelevison companies in Nigeria. I might not be able to mention name for image sake. I got the job few months after my graduation and i can say i put in more than a 100% in the job. I worked with a team of young graduates and our branch recorded the highest decoder sales ever made by the company.


Fast forward to 2016, i reminded my boss that my promotion is due and he pulled the trigger.I arrived work on this faithful day and saw a letter, with joy i opened the letter expecting the obvious. I was shocked to the bone marrow. I have been transferred to the company's worst branch. Infact, the company had considered closing the branch down last year. With anger and frustration, i stormed into my boss office to know why i got a transfer intead of a promotion letter, he told me the comapny has charged me with a responsibility of reviving the branch after a year. If i do this successfully, i will be made the branch manager. Upon enquiry, i realised that the branch manager was sacked due to fund and mismanagement issues. I have accepted the offer but on arrival i realised that the condition was far worse than i anticipated. Therefore i seek advise on the following pressing challenges because i believe when we share ideas, we help each other:

1. How do i improve sales: The sales is so bad that days will pass by and no single decoder sold infact, you can count the number of people who entered the office.

2. Coperation from staff: Unlike the young talented team i worked with, what i have here are unmotivated staffs who believe you cannot tell them anything because they are older than you both inn age and in the business.

Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks

Please i will like to help you but will need further details to have a proper understanding of the situation.
1. What are the revenue lines?
2. Who are the target audience?
3. What are the current distribution channels?
4. What is the demography of the area?
5. Who are the current competitors in that area?
With the above information, i will be able to guide you through the process of achieving success in that branch.

Sllime:
Hello nairalanders, i need your suggestions. I work with one of the leading paytelevison companies in Nigeria. I might not be able to mention name for image sake. I got the job few months after my graduation and i can say i put in more than a 100% in the job. I worked with a team of young graduates and our branch recorded the highest decoder sales ever made by the company.


Fast forward to 2016, i reminded my boss that my promotion is due and he pulled the trigger.I arrived work on this faithful day and saw a letter, with joy i opened the letter expecting the obvious. I was shocked to the bone marrow. I have been transferred to the company's worst branch. Infact, the company had considered closing the branch down last year. With anger and frustration, i stormed into my boss office to know why i got a transfer intead of a promotion letter, he told me the comapny has charged me with a responsibility of reviving the branch after a year. If i do this successfully, i will be made the branch manager. Upon enquiry, i realised that the branch manager was sacked due to fund and mismanagement issues. I have accepted the offer but on arrival i realised that the condition was far worse than i anticipated. Therefore i seek advise on the following pressing challenges because i believe when we share ideas, we help each other:

1. How do i improve sales: The sales is so bad that days will pass by and no single decoder sold infact, you can count the number of people who entered the office.

2. Coperation from staff: Unlike the young talented team i worked with, what i have here are unmotivated staffs who believe you cannot tell them anything because they are older than you both inn age and in the business.

Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks

Very good opportunity. Use it to develop yourself and in few years set yourself up. My 2kobo.

You need to first of all do a SWOT analysis of that location as every location comes with it's own challenges as well as opportunities.
If the members of staff are part of your problems, you need to identify reasons for their behaviour so you can work on it. Since you need every hands on deck, you need to buy them to your side after which with your set goals based on the locality peculiar opportunities, you all work together.
It's something that will be gradual. Your products may also be the problem. Imagine if the perception of your products in such environment is negative, you need to identify the causes and work on them. Let me know if you need further advice so as to help achieve your aim.
Finally, for every promotion comes new challenges. Once you can prove you are capable, it's just a matter of time, your promotion is certain

I'm laughing in Igala pattern.

U must have been posted to an environment where there is no reasonable power supply.
to succeed, u must address the power situation
or else, I keep laughing in the aforementioned pattern.

spice123:
@Sllime I've been in similar case like this but not PayTV. MY ADVICE which worked for me: If you're a strong christian fast for 7 days and on each day, sprinkle anointing oil around the premises. THEN: 1. Get the statistics of previous strategies of sales in the branch 2. Be close to some of the staff who have handled critical sales. N.B don't go around carrying yourself too high. 3. Make a new plan and strategise how customers feel towards your branch and LEAVE THE REST TO GOD TO TAKE CARE.

There is nothing like Strong Christian or Soft Christian.... A Christian is a Christian!!!!!

If you're the one in charge of the branch then your first line of action would be to sack everyone there and build a new team

Affable0709:
Be Calm, Your Time Will Come !
Kenya is 2 hrs ahead of Nigeria, but it does not mean that Nigeria is slow, or that Kenya is fast. Both countries are working based on their own "Time Zone."
Some one is still single. Someone got married and 'waited' 10 yrs before having a child, there is another who had a baby within a year of marriage.
Someone graduated at the age of 22, yet waited 5 years before securing a good job; and there is another who graduated at 27 and secured employment immediately !
Someone became CEO at 25 and died at 50 while another became a CEO at 50 and lived to 90 years.
Everyone works based on their 'Time Zone',
People can have things worked out only according to their pace.
Work in your “time zone”.
Your Colleagues, friends, younger ones might "seem" to go ahead of you.
May be some might "seem" behind you.
Don't envy them or mock them, it's their 'Time Zone.'
You are in yours!
Hold on, be strong, and stay true to yourself. All things shall work together for your good.
You’re not late …
You are not early ... you’re very much On time!
*RESPECT YOUR TIME ZONE*`

thanks for this

Note that your company trusts your ability to revive the dying branch. 1. Be humble but wise with the workers you met there. 2. Have a meeting with them and solicit for their cooperation 3. Survey the environment and find out why sales are low there. 4. Re-strategize and bring in necessary innovation 5. Suggest to your company whatever you think can help you succeed. 6. Above all pray hard to succeed God help you!

Your boss have got over 100% believe in you bro. Please go ahead and face it because in tandem with what I digested about your can do attitude you shall overcome. Kindly inform your boss to come around and address your new colleagues. I think that would go a long way to dampen their ego towards a desired result. I wish you all the best!