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Business Systems & Processes
Tip #6: Quit Re-Inventing the Wheel!
How often does this happen in your business: 1. Staring at the growing pile of business cards, you ask yourself, “Who in this pile was I supposed to follow up with? And what was I going to send them?” 2. After four months of not doing data entry into Quickbooks, you sit down to get […]
Your Brain is Not For Remembering!
Laurie, a local solopreneur, is finding herself increasingly agitated, frustrated and overwhelmed trying to stay on top of the details of her rapidly growing business. Currently she’s juggling 23 clients, each with their own separate set of paper and electronic files. During the week, she has items to pick up and drop off, notes from […]
It’s the Doing That Matters
Action leads to more action which yields results – especially in the case of prospecting for business. Having a system or a process for doing this regularly fills your marketing pipeline for the future. Just do it!
How You Can Afford to Delegate
As a business owner, are you struggling with a to-do list a mile long? Are you constantly searching for lost files, returning calls and trying to figure out how to create a decent looking PowerPoint presentation for tomorrow’s meeting – often all at the same time? Consider this: what if you could hand off the […]
The Uphills Make Us Focus
Seth Godin’s recent blog post talks about business lessons he learned on a bike. Specifically, that his big wins came during the uphill parts. He said, “The best time to engage with an employee is when everything falls apart, not when you’re hitting every milestone.”
And that really got me thinking. If everything is working, people are feeling secure in their jobs, and there are no waves being made, where’s the incentive for your employee to listen to you or give constructive feedback? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right?
That thinking couldn’t be more wrong.