Harness the double wealth power of your business
Building a business is an effective way to create wealth as it offers two ways to create wealth:
1. Providing an income to you as owner. Income is the profit your business earns from its day to day operations after everyone has been paid (including you, for your work in the business).
2. Increasing the value of your business. Value is the price someone would pay, to buy your business.
Profit and value are related. Value is largely, but not solely, influenced by profit. Here are two strategies to increase the profit and value of your business.
Strategy 1: Establish yourself as a profitable business
Here are some basic guidelines:
1. Establish a real profit
In your sale price, ...
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How to make discussing performance easier
John Petry, a participant on one of our training courses, gave us this great idea and has generously allowed us to pass it on ever since.
Every Friday, John gives out the 'Chocolate Fish Award'
A chocolate fish is given for the most outstanding act by an employee during the week.
Outstandingly good, or outstandingly bad.
The Chocolate Fish Award is usually fun and has some serious benefits, it:
recognises achievement regularly and positively
makes it OK to acknowledge mistakes, and encourages "what to do next time?" thinking
provides staff with a neutral name and way to discuss performance - “oh you must be aiming for this week's chocolate fish" Or "what a doozey! That will be this week's winner for ...
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Businesses follow a common path of development as they grow.
Each stage of business development has its own unique challenges to overcome and requires different management skills.
There are three main stages of business development:
Startup
Adolescence
Maturity
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How to identify your stage of business development
The above sales turnover and staff numbers are just a guide. We have worked with businesses with 120 staff, that are still at the adolescent stage.
The best way to know which stage your business is at, is to review the below challenges, and see which group you identify with the most.
Start-up Challenges:
Surviving!
Finding sales opportunities
Converting sales opportunities
Managing cashflow
Juggling many hats
Appearing professional
Dealing with the admin/paperwork
Overwhelm! Everything is new
Adolescent ...
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