Posts Tagged ‘goal setting’
Your business is more than the sum of its parts: the Value of a Self-Sustaining Business šŖ
I recently started working with a new client, who first called me because in his words: āI realized I had given myself a job, not built myself a businessā. 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 MoreThe most important line in your job descriptions
There’s one sentence in your job description that matters the most. If you were only allowed to share one line from your job description, this would be the line to share. Itās the line that tells people what to do. And it goes like this: āThe purpose of this role isā¦ā A job adds value…
Read MoreA business plan starts with questions
We have talked about why a business plan is important, and even how to write one in ten minutes. Two ways Tuesday On Your Business is trying to make business planning effective and simple at the same time.Ā In response to this, many of you have correctly asked: what about the content that goes into…
Read MoreInnovation happens when you think inside the box: start with the everyday
Innovation happens when you are good at something you doā¦ and then you do it a little bit better. Innovation matters because it ensures that you are always doing things in the best possible way. “Innovation is about tweaking systems that are already faring wellā, according to Business News Daily. It’s the little changes you…
Read MoreUnlocking the Art of Bad Decision-Making: Discover These Expert Tips ā
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.Ā 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 MoreWhy does a small business need a business plan?
ā¦ Itās just thatā¦ 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 canāt even predict the next 5 months, let alone stop working for 2 weeks to complete a plan that will live at…
Read MoreThe ten minute business plan
Let me start by pointing out that you will not write a āBusiness Planā – big B big P – in ten minutes. Not something an investor or a bank would accept. But you can write a preliminary business plan – small b small p – in ten minutes. And that business plan will be…
Read MoreTake your business from perfect to valuableš¤©
Perfection: the absence of flaws. Generally filed somewhere between time travel, magic wands, and unicorns. In other words: the fantasy section. The pursuit of perfection in your business will lead nowhere. Replace it with the pursuit of value. After all: “Perfection is the elimination of flaws. Value is the creation of worth.” (For more fun…
Read MoreHow to be specific and not too specific at the same time
Tell your employees exactly what is expected of them. But donāt tell them what to do. A client recently asked me how to balance these two instructions. We were building role descriptions and she wanted to know how to be specific enough that people knew what to do but also open enough that she wasnāt…
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