The OINTMENT that relieves business irritation
Working with clients to resolve their personnel problems we often found these issues are being caused or worsened by structural difficulties the business needs to address. Over time we have built an extensive toolkit with which we can undertake comprehensive business reviews for businesses. Once the underlying strategic problems are identified and dealt with, business owners are able to refocus on achieving their growth plans for the future.
The five common frustrations they face:
- Lack of control over their time, their business and the market.
- Lack of profit and sustainability.
- Lack of growth either through being overwhelmed or not knowing what to do next.
- Lack of effectiveness and frustration with initiatives that don’t work or even get started.
- Frustration with employees, customers, suppliers or partners who don’t listen, understand or follow through.
Our easy to use tools offer the chance to increase control, eliminate frustrations and make the business self-sustaining.
The six key components that deliver effective operation of any business:
- Vision:
- Do you have a compelling vision?
- How do you communicate it?
- How do you get buy-in to it?
- People:
- How do you ensure you have the right people in the right jobs?
- Have you got the people you need to build the business?
- Have you got the right organisational structure?
- How do you ensure people are accountable?
- Data:
- What are your key metrics?
- What do you review weekly?
- What are your high-level numbers?
- Can you monitor things remotely?
- How do you use data to ensure every person is being held to account?
- Issues:
- How do you deal with problems that come up?
- How many of your problems are repeated time after time?
- How do you identify the important problems?
- How do you involve the team in solving issues?
- How can you develop solutions that save more time than they take?
- Process:
- What are your systems?
- What is the review process for systems?
- Are your systems simple, scalable, efficient and profitable?
- Are your systems clearly documented?
- Are your systems executed consistently?
- Leadership:
- How do you achieve focus, accountability and discipline in the organisation?
- How do you translate your vision into action?
- How do you identify, plan and deliver business priorities?
- How do you keep people focused, aligned and communicating?
It sounds complicated but in reality investing the time to get these right will deliver a business that is effective, profitable and has the potential to grow consistently.
Businesses seldom have problems with every one of the areas listed.
Our job is to analyse and identify the key problem and then help you target improvement at the specific issues that will deliver sustainable improvements.