You've run your business for some time now, and you're wondering how you can help accelerate it to new levels. You believe you just need to make more profits and then you will be a success, right?You need to take a step back. Take stock of what you have achieved and what you want to create in the future. When you started your business you probably had all these ideas and future plans for the business - did you achieve them? Did life take over and the general day to day of running the company cause you to just have to do what you can to keep going forwards?
During these times of unrest, it's a fantastic time to take a moment and consider your goals. Many business owners are having to take on some of the incredible burdens of the Covid-19 outbreak, and what it may mean for their company, but what if now is a fantastic time to take a moment and look at what you can achieve as a business? If you have more time on your hands because you simply cannot go to work, then go to work on your business, rather than in it.Owning a business can be a huge emotional rollercoaster, I know how you feel, I have done this for 10 years, and I have been through it all.
The times of biggest frustration and worry are the moments when I was pushed to make the biggest changes, which often made changes for the better for my business.My suggestion to you whilst you have the ability and the potential time to do so is to take a stock-take of your business. From the financial side, to your own personal stock take. You need to take a look at the finances, the clients, the debtors, and your personal life - what is falling to the wayside, what can be improved, what processes can you work on improving now in time for when your team come back to work and fall into the old way of running things?
When you have looked at these processes and changes, you can make a huge difference to your company wellbeing and ultimately your (and your team's) mindset for the years to come.I share in more detail how to look into and formally do a stock take in my new book which has just launched in April - Rewire Your Business for Success, and I would love to invite you to download it to your kindle to help you take a step by step approach to creating a company future of success. For now, do take a moment to do the stocktake of your business and consider "where can I improve or make changes so my company can recover from this and even grow after we go back to work"?
