So when in business something can be portrayed in a model rather than in swathes of text, it can become a very powerful tool indeed.

Just to clarify, I’m referring to any models which can be used in different aspects of business life. Things like SWOT Analysis (you must have heard of that), Porters 5 Forces & The Boston Grid (that’s not a telephone exchange by the way, it’s a management model).

I love Models (you know the type I mean) because used correctly they can turn very complex problems into childs play.

Management Models are great efficiency tools and as that’s what this site is all about (getting a better return for your efforts), I want to give you a few to think about.

Well, 100 to be exact.

In the right hands these models will make a huge difference when used in the right situation.

Anyways, I’ve come up with the following list of 100 for now…

100 Management Models

1. Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
2. MASLOWS Hierarchy
3. Time-Boxing
4. Resources-Master
5. Pyramid Communication
6. Pomodoro Technique
7. Myers Briggs
8. Personality Type: Type A / Type B
9. Effective Meeting Management
10. GROW
11. Chunking
12. Transactional Analysis
13. Theory X & Theory Y
14. No/Know Model
15. First Follower Theory
16. The Rule of 72
17. The Cashflow Quadrant
18. de-Bono’s 6 Hats
19. SWOT Analysis
20. Critical Path
21. BOSTON Grid
22. Risk Profiling
23. Prince2 Risk Model
24. Prince2 Project Management Model
25. PMI Project Management Model
26. MSP Programme Mgt Model
27. PEST
28. CMMI
29. PMMM
30. 6-Sigma
31. DISC
32. Brainstorming technique
33. Top Down vs Bottom Up
34. 7 S Model
35. Headroom Model
36. Critical Success Factors
37. Product Based Planning
38. Traffic Lighting
39. Earned Value Management
40. Triple Constraints
41. KPIs
42. Chain of Conversion
43. Sales Funnel
44. Sales Cycle
45. Vision
46. JIT
47. Perception Change Surround Model
48. Straw-Man
49. Agile Delivery
50. Early Warning System
51. 1-pager
52. Golden Milestones
53. Gantt-Chart
54. Pie Chart
55. Harvey-Balls
56. Systems Theory / Analogies
57. Stakeholder Map
58. Proof of Concept
59. Sales – come to me
60. Scarcity
61. Drafting
62. Follow-the-sun
63. Business Process Modelling
64. Mind Maps
65. RACI Matrix
66. Belbin
67. Systems Diagrams / Wiring Diagrams
68. SMART
69. Communications Plan
70. 3 I’s Stakeholder Model
71. AIDA Sales Funnel
72. ADAPT Interview Framework
73. Porters 5 Forces
74. Porters Value Chain Analysis
75. Business Ecosystem
76. Function Point Analysis
77. Rate of Change & Preparing Org for Change
78. Transilience Maps
79. People, Process, Technology
80. 4 Principles of the Marketing Mix
81. Bounded Rationality
82. International Product Lifecycle
83. Internationalisation Process
84. Corporate Innovation Indicators
85. Seven Lateral Relationships
86. 5 Star Model
87. Management by Objectives
88. Product Market Matrix
89. Motivation-Hygeine Theory
90. 5 functions of Management
91. 5 dimensions of culture
92. 5 Product levels
93. buygrid framework
94. 5 trust building blocks
95. 6 buying roles
96. SPIN interview framework
97. SIER hierarchy of active listening
98. ICKR follow-up cycle
99. 3 generic strategies
100. 4 laws of media

When to Use Them

OK, OK. So here’s the kicker. I’m not about to tell you how & when to use each and every one of these tools right here and now. I don’t have the time or energy for that and if I did you would fall asleep anyway, probably before we reached number 10. Not because they’re boring, but there’s just too much to cover (obviously). You didn’t think I was going to tell you, did you?

Well – I am going to tell you when and how to use them.

Just not right now. What I intend to do is get through a good chunk of the above listed tools and do each one justice, because they deserve it and so do you. I’ll be preparing some presentations starting next week with one of my favourites, #1 (mainly because somebody asked me about that particular model last week).

ALSO: Please note that though we’re calling them management models, a lot of these are not just for management/business. Lots of these can also be used for life in general, social situations and to aid learning & understanding.

Questions and Actions

• How many of these have you heard of already?
• Do you use a lot of models such as those above in your business/work?
• This list is subject to change – if I think of other great models I missed, I will add them but would like to keep to 100 Models so will probably do so by replacing some of those above keeping it as a list of the 100 most effective & efficient business models I can come up with – if you know of any which you think should be on the list I’d really appreciate it if you let me know.
• Feel free to Google any of the above and I’m sure you’ll be able to find lots of information on most of them (you won’t find information on all of them as a few of these are actually my own models & techniques I’ve used over the years). This action alone could be everything you need (with the ALL-POWERFUL Google these days sometimes all you need is a name).
• Finally – as I said I’m going to start with the Forming, Storming… model very soon but if you’d like to know more about a particular model let me know and I’ll bump it up the list 😉