Last year I coached and mentored two separate individuals into new Executive roles. Different areas of work, professionalism, expertise, knowledge, strengths and weaknesses but similar in terms of the stages identified and plan of action executed to deliver strategic business success.
It's so easy to fall into the trap of being busy. But are you busy doing the right things?
Whether you're just starting out, or you've been in business a few years, it's always great testing out new ways to take your business to the next level.
Keeping your head clear, your confidence high, and your focus strong are vital in maintaining forward momentum. If time management is not your forte, you will be inevitably tired, buried in the day to day routine and unable to see beyond tomorrow. As a result you don't solve problems.
In previous roles achieving strategic business success, high levels of performance and ultimate customer satisfaction, it was important to have clarity and a sense of purpose. There was usually a team or collective tasked with helping me to achieve this, addressing the day to day routines – leaving me time and space to be strategic.
It soon dawned on me that running my own business would be no different. The action needed was not immediate. There was no longer an army or team of people set up to do this for me.
Would you like to double the value of your business within 2-3 years? Would you like to be more productive? Do you need to increase sales, appointments or improve customer service?
While each client (coachee) is different in terms of how many things are covered during a coaching relationship, coach training teaches us to be open to what serves the client.
Most of us understand the importance of regular physical check-ups and the health benefits: the annual wellness-visit to our doctors and the essential dental hygienist appointments.
Then there are all the fads, quick, short-term and long-term programmes, session visits to this, that and the other. All to improve and address issues with our lives, be healthy physically and sometimes mentally.
I am sure you’ve wondered at times how you can keep up as your volume of work increases. It can be stressful as your quantity of e-mails, phone calls, paperwork and meetings grows larger and larger.
I have seen businesses both flourish and falter over multiple decades and multiple continents. Anecdotal differentiators are decluttering your business and having systems as foundations. These save time - and enable automation as your business grows.
Just like an engine, a business needs each of its part to function properly in achieving its goals. That is why it's important to set up and run efficient systems in your growing business.