Are you finding it difficult to grow your business and to give your staff new responsibilities? You can only do so much by yourself until you’re completely burnt out. If you only think of how to do things, you’re going to be doing it by yourself forever. If every new employee has to be trained [...]
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5 ways to improve your marketing strategy
If I asked you what you need most in your business, would you say more customers? And is that really true? Yes! Of course all businesses could do with more customers, but to gain them you need an effective marketing plan. But can you create that new marketing plan? All it really takes is some [...]
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Accumulate more cash
If you properly manage your money and do just a few things in advance, you will have more cash on hand, more often. Just by doing these few simple things… Create a cashflow budget, with just a simple spreadsheet to manage in-flows and out-flows of real “cash” on a daily or monthly basis. A real [...]
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Systemize the routine, humanize the exception
Are you finding it difficult to grow your business and to give your staff new responsibilities? You can only do so much by yourself until you’re completely burnt out. If you only think of how to do things, you’re going to be doing it by yourself forever. If every new employee has to be trained [...]
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Change, and never ending improvement
No organization is ever exactly finished or perfect. There is always room for improvement. This is exemplified by the Japanese philosophy or practice of ‘Kaizen’, meaning constant and never ending improvement. This is a good mentality to have so that you are always working to make your business better. This way, your organization can grow [...]
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Communicating powerful common goals
Being a leader is more than just trying to encourage your team to do their best. It is much more powerful to unite your people around one common goal. Who are “your people?” “Your people” means more than just your internal team. It also includes your customers, vendors, strategic alliances, friends and family. You will be surprised how [...]
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Leading your team to success
Exploring the source of leadership in a business is a great way to start looking into what needs to be improved. When leadership and direction are unclear and the team isn’t exactly on the same page, your business won’t perform. As a leader, you must create a vision for the present and future. It is [...]
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Making your Standard Operating Procedures usable
Think about the book of standard operating procedures that no one seems to pay attention to- why isn’t it being utilized? If your systems don’t save, time, energy, or money your team members won’t do it. If you think of the word SYSTEM as a pneumonic device, it would mean Saving Yourself Time Energy and [...]
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Growing the profit in your small business
Have you ever wondered why some businesses succeed and others don’t? Over 80% of all small businesses don’t make it past the first five years of operation. And of the survivors, only 20% make it to year ten. When you do the math, you’ll see that only 4% of small businesses that start today will [...]
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Listen to your customers and make it count
It is so easy to get distracted by the everyday activities of running a business. Does it sometimes seem to you like there is an endless list of things that require your immediate attention? How many of them are urgent vs. important? How do you determine which is which? Getting swept up in these tasks [...]
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