by Richard Avdoian
Before moving your business to the next level, you may want to first invest some time and energy into a thorough internal maintenance check. A business, like a tree, relies heavily on its roots as the foundation on which it is built.
To further enhance a tree’s stability and ensure the growth of new vibrant-colored leaves and limbs, it is necessary to provide maintenance, like pruning, fertilizing or grafting.
When a business minimizes the importance of internal maintenance or neglects to provide it, leaves begin to wilt (employee morale and energy decline), leaves may fall (employees get injured), there may be longer periods of dormancy (employees become stagnant), limbs grow wildly (there is no business vision or plan of action), limbs die (aspects of the business do not produce), and loss of limbs can occur (key productive employees leave).
Is your business in need of pruning of dead limbs, fertilizing to stimulate new growth, or grafting of new ideas and products? Take the necessary time to periodically review and revise your position/mission statement, business plan, and goals to keep your business vibrant and growing and ensure your continued success.
Be realistic and maintain clarity.
For your business to continue to grow and be outstanding, you need to acknowledge blocks and obstacles, increase efficiency, and keep focused on those things the company does well. Be cautious not to allow your enthusiasm to blind you, exceed ability and resources, and derail you from being productive and profitable.
Have you been blinded or do you see things the way they are or the way you wish they were? Join many companies who have committed to taking their businesses to the next level by offering management team retreats, employee development training programs and business coaching.
Business coaching and peer review boards teach business owners to set themselves free from their set ways of thinking. Business owners who recognize what they don’t know are prepared to invest the funds and time to learn from others how to resolve business issues, stay current with business trends, enhance their business smarts and share their expertise with others with the mutual desire to be more productive and profitable.
The longer you remain stuck in your ways and relive your misfortunes, the more power they have to harm you. Business owners and CEOs do not receive enough candid feedback to ensure their continued professional and personal growth. Either feedback doesn’t exist or others tell them what they want to hear instead of what they need to know. The alternative to this approach is Coaching, a customized approach that honors the business owner’s individuality (strengths, talents, vision, etc.).
Coaching is a proven, effective process that helps business owners and CEOs who want to move to the next level of success. n
Richard Avdoian is president of Voyage to Success, a business consulting group. He works with corporations, businesses and associations committed to training and retaining highly motivated, productive employees and businesses committed to providing exemplary customer service and increasing productivity and profitability. For information about training and seminars, visit www.VoyagetoSuccess.com or contact Avdoian personally at Richard@RichardAvdoian.com or 618-972-8588.
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