Posts Tagged ‘decision making strategies’
Does everybody know your mission statement?
If I ask ten of your employees what your mission statement is, how many different answers will I receive? And how different will they be from your answer? Use your mission statement Your mission statement is a tool. Use it. I am aware that many people see it as a form of PR, a “nice…
Read MoreAre you achieving all of your goals on time?
The next question is: does it matter? What’s most important to you when it comes to achieving your goals? Meeting a deadline Checking a “completed” box Creating new value in your business You probably know where I am going with this: goals aren’t about dates and times. Goals add value to your business. What has…
Read MoreThe historical lens of lessons learned
One of the challenges of studying history, classics, and the past, is knowing how to read stories through the right lens: is it ours, or is it the lens of the time? Do you know how this comes up in business? In your Lessons Learned. Lessons Learned After a major project or process update, you…
Read MoreYour business is more than the sum of its parts: the Value of a Self-Sustaining Business 💪
I recently started working with a new client, who first called me because in his words: “I realized I had given myself a job, not built myself a business”. It all started when he considered the option of semi-retirement. And he realized that the most valuable – maybe the only truly valuable – thing in…
Read MoreStop trying to stop making mistakes
Mistakes should never be your primary goal. If you know that something is the wrong thing to do, don’t do it. You don’t have to chase mistakes because they’ll happen anyway, regardless of your planning and precision. When we don’t make mistakes, we get to do things right. When we do make mistakes, we get…
Read MoreUnlocking the Art of Bad Decision-Making: Discover These Expert Tips ✅
It is true that we learn more from failure than we do from success. When you’re looking to add to your failures and learn some great lessons, you want to make bad decisions, decisions that lead to more problems. Wondering where to start? Here are some tips. Panic Assume the worst will happen. Let go…
Read MoreThe single best business tool you can ever use
Adapt tools to your needs, not your needs to the tools. When you turn to the tools, start with the best one. The one tool that will solve problems and get you started on every project. The tool from which any other tool can be built. A list. Why lists are the single best business…
Read MoreBuying software is not a business goal
When you want to build a table, you know it’s not enough to buy a hammer. When you want to make pizza, you know it’s not enough to buy a pizza stone. You know that buying the tools is not the same as creating the thing. And yet so often, when people want to build…
Read MoreWhy does a small business need a business plan?
… It’s just that… It seems like a lot of work. Especially for a small business. To spend all this time writing out a detailed plan for the next five years when you can’t even predict the next 5 months, let alone stop working for 2 weeks to complete a plan that will live at…
Read MoreStop punishing your best employees (😕yes you are)
Much like children or grandchildren: of course, you don’t have a favorite employee. You support them all equally and appreciate each one for their individual skills and talents. Now that we have established that, let’s look at how you are punishing your favorite employees. Who is your best employee There is somebody who is always…
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