Archive for December 2007
Measuring your business health
When was the last time you had a physical – for your business? Do you have strong financials, and have integrated sales, marketing, and operations functions. Do you have superior leadership, dynamic teams, and employees that develop and implement good planning? Is your business a top performer?
Too often small businesses fail to be more successful by paying attention to these obvious health factors. What opportunities for improvement are they missing? Which of these factors are the most important?
Actually, all these factors are important, and, if integrated properly, help drive success. Let’s look at one of the ways you can “take the temperature” of your business by visiting the health office and performing a “health-check” on the business owner’s perspective.
Health measured here examines the number of hours the owner works, whether or not he maintains and uses a goal and task process, prepares and executes his plan daily, and develops, maintains, and achieves his personal goals. Why might this be important? Well, who is leading the company, driving the mission, vision, and company purpose? How are you measuring up on a scale of 1 to 10? Need a consultation, visit me at www.RutherfordBusinessAdvisor.com. And don’t forget to follow the prescription for success.
