6 Common Business Problems—Which Do You Want To Overcome?
These warning signs will tell you if your business needs systems…
- You spend any part of your day doing admin, repetitive or low-level tasks.
- Your service is patchy and inconsistent
- Things seem to slip through the cracks
- There’s too much re-work
- It takes too long to train a new person
- And they still can’t do as good a job as you
- So you end up having to hire expensive ‘superstars’ who hold you to ransom
If any of those sound like you, it’s time to build some simple systems. Here’s how I do it…
Most consultants tell you to start with your Vision and Mission. Don’t.
Instead, we start from the bottom up. You’ll create your systems faster, and quick results lead to momentum.
- We create your Organisational Chart—and document who’s doing what.
- Then we write an index page—listing all the tasks under each role.
- I’ll help you write the first system to show you how it’s done.
- Then you do one, and I’ll critique it.
- Next we train a team member, and we critique the system together.
- Finally (and here’s the good part) your team writes your procedures for you, and you just manage the process.
It’s best if they write the systems, because they are the ones doing the work. Plus, it means they are more accountable to follow the system if they created it.
Your job as manager just got a whole lot easier.
