What Do You Stand For?
What do you stand for? When was the last time you asked yourself that question? That question is relevant for you, your business or any other organization you are involved in. When I talk about standing for something, I am talking about taking a stand but what I am really talking about is clarity. Having clarity, particularly as a new business owner, is critical. Without clarity you lack the ability to properly position the way that you create value for the world and solve problems. One asset that clarity gives you is the ability to differentiate yourself. Whether you are a business owner or an employee of a company, you
Forget Jerry Maguire: Creating Mission, Vision and Values That Won’t Get You Fired
“Jerry Maguire” was a fictional sports agent and apparently a good one. Jerry had everything he wanted; the girl, the career, the fame. Unfortunately Jerry Maguire also aquired an ill that befalls many a successful sales person, he got a conscience. He looked around and saw the industry how it was and knew that the way they treated athletes wasn’t right. He had an altruistic plan to fix the sports agent industry. Then he created a mission statement. That mission statement got him fired. Around the time that the movie Jerry Maguire came out, mission statements were all the rage in business. Everyone had to have one and they were
Show People Your Skills
When you are getting your platform started, the hardest thing to establish for yourself and your business is credibility. It’s not enough to tell people you are great, you have to also be able to do it through social proof. Social proof can come from endorsements, testimonials, referrals, social media mentions and also blogging. I want to spend time on blogging today because it’s the area of social proof where you, the business owner, have the most control over getting your message out there. If you are a business owner and you are not blogging, you are missing one of the best ways to show people your skills, thoughts and
How A Platform Makes Your Life Easier
In our new age of work, expectations are higher than ever before. Many business have pared down their teams, given the responsibility to the people who are left and then asked that remaining to figure out how it’s going to get done. This can be a difficult situation but have a platform can help you navigate your work life a lot easier. There are 4 areas where I think having a platform makes your work life easier. Those areas are clarity, empowerment, satisfying wants and business ownership. By having a developed platform, you have a great understanding of the things that you can do to create the most value whether
Measuring Results Starts With Clarity
Measuring results is important for any organization to have long term sustainable success. Before you can understand what results you need and why, you need to make sure that you understand your business at its’ core. Before you mearsure results, you mist have clarity in place. I have already talked about why mission, vision and values are important to your business. They really are the foundation for everything that you do and your results are no different. Many small business owners wander ahead with their business without understanding the fundamental questions about their business. Questions such as: Why do I exist? Where do I want to go? What’s most important
If You Don’t Have Goals, Why Worry about Time Management?
Once you have a set of core values down for yourself. The next piece to your time management platform is to have a goal or plan. I have always wondered why people get so concerned with how they manage their time on a day-to-day basis when typically they have no goals or plan. In the end all that ends up being managed is busy work. When you don’t have a specific plan of intentional action, time management is meaningless. Not too long ago, I ran across a statistic that said that only 5% of people actually have written goals. I was surprised by how low the number was. When I
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