5 keys to get your business working harder so you don't have to

Business ownership is one of the American Dreams; being able to be in control of your own destiny and have the freedom to choose want you want to do and when.

But for many entrepreneurs, that dream has escaped them. They have fallen into the business trap. The dream of freedom has fallen into the daily challenges and frustrations that struggling entrepreneurs face every day.

1. No Cash – You may be selling, but there’s never enough cash to pay the bills at the end of the month. There no cash left over to invest in new technologies or to upgrade equipment or put into your pocket.
2. No Time – You’re not running your business, it is running you. You are spending most of your day solving problems and putting out fires. Instead you should be planning your company’s next big venture, or just have time to do things you want and spend it with the people you love.
3. No Team – Instead of having a team of professionals that are working together toward a common goal, you have a group of employees that are looking out on how to better themselves. It’s more about “I” than “We”.
4. Feeling Stuck – Your Company has hit the glass ceiling. You can see as clear as day where you want to go, but something or someone in your organization is holding you back from crashing through that barrier. Nothing you have tried has worked.

If you find yourself struggling in any or all of these areas you are not alone. These are very common challenges for most businesses. Though very common, successful businesses have learned to overcome them by focusing on these 5 areas to get there businesses working hard and they can enjoy more life

1. Planning & Vision – Having a common focus & goal that everyone can buy-in to.
2. Leadership Development – The business is not working because you are. You need to develop leaders within your organization that are aligned to the company’s focus and goals that will run organization.
3. Test & Measuring – What gets measured gets improved! Each leader and team member in the organization needs to have an activity based score card to help them stay on track towards reaching the company’s goals.
4. Systems –Leverage is about doing more with less. To get your business working as hard as you do, you need to create written systems for your team to follow to drive consistency throughout your organization.
5. Implementation – Without Action nothing happens. This is where accountability and discipline come together. This is where most businesses get struck and spin their wheels.  Your organization must agree on 3-7 priorities that they will focus on. Each team member must know and be responsible and accountable to how their role leads the company towards achieving your top priorities.

Want to learn more about how you too can get your business working harder so you can enjoy more life? Contact ActionCOACH Steve Goranson at 904-739-0200. www.actioncoachjax.com schedule your free 1/2 phone coaching session.

Steve Goranson has owned and operated the Northeast Florida of ActionCOACH since 2014. ActionCOACH is the World's #1 Coaching franchise with of 1000 offices in 50 different countries. They coach over 15,000 business each week.

Steve's commitment is to assist small business owners, to spend less time working "in" their business and more time working "on" their business so they can build a more valuable and sellable business. In the end, you’ll be spending less total time working, will be making more money and will have truly created the company and team you always dreamed of. In addition we will help you put the FUN back in your business and your life.

Call his office to schedule a free 1/2 hour Phone Strategy Session 904-739-0200

Employee Engagement is the New Leadership

Our 6th President John Quincy Adams once said that if your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.  

Those are powerful words.  Notice that he didn’t say dream or learn or do, he used the word "and".  Another sign of a good leader is one who can create leaders.  For any business, this is the first step toward creating a more valuable and sellable business.  

Good leadership develops an engaged team.  Today employee engagement is the new leadership.  Employee Engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals. Without developing engaged employees, you’re trying to move your business forward with an anchor hanging out the back.  

How much is employee disengagement costing your organization?   Here are 5 anchors of poor employee engagement that are costing your business growth, profitability, and your free time.

1. Poor Employee Engagement Creates a “ME” Culture.  Instead of working together towards the company’s common goals each employee is looking out for their own best interest.  You hear “it’s not my job” a lot and you get a lot of finger pointing.  They lose the perspective that when we work together as a team we all can achieve more: Together Everyone Achieves More.
2. Poor Employee Engagement Creates Wasted Time  When employees are not fully engaged they are not helping the company move forward.  They are doing things the way they think is best instead of looking out for what is in the best interest of the organization and what you strategically decided is best.  Without being focused on the company’s common goals, you get a lot of chaos and frustration which causes a lot of wasted time and money.
3. Poor Employee Engagement Creates More Missed Work
   When employees are working in an environment of chaos and frustration it takes toll on one’s personal energy and health.  This additional stress causes us to not get to work on time, to take more breaks, to leave early or just take unplanned days off.  This consistent interruption of work flow causes loss of productivity and profits
4. Poor Employee Engagement Creates Poor Quality of Work  If your employees don’t have their heart into it, they lose focus, they make mistakes and quality of output suffers.  The cost of this is enormous; loss of customers, wasting time doing work over, more overtime to cover the extra work involved, and increases in COGS.  These are the small hidden holes in your business that is sinking your ship and you don’t even realize it.
5. Poor Employee Engagement Creates Higher Employee Turnover  Good employees are looking for worthwhile work.. They want to be part of something big.  It’s hard to get motivated and engaged when you just feel that you are just a clog in a wheel.  The way to keep good employees is not always about the money

You can’t train employee engagement but the first step is to determine how engaged your employees are.  

Take our free employee engagement survey.  We will send an anonymous survey to your employees and provide you with a free employee engagement report.    

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If you would like to learn more about you too can get an "actionable" business education to improve your business's operations, sales,& bottom line contact ActionCOACH Steve Goranson at 904-739-0200. www.actioncoachjax.com

Steve Goranson has owned and operated the Northeast Florida of ActionCOACH since 2014. ActionCOACH is the World's #1 Coaching franchise with of 1000 offices in 50 different countries. They coach over 15,000 business each week.

Steve's commitment is to assist small business owners, to spend less time working "in" their business and more time working "on" their business so they can build a more valuable and sellable business. In the end, you’ll be spending less total time working, will be making more money and will have truly created the company and team you always dreamed of. In addition we will help you put the FUN back in your business and your life.

Call his office to schedule a free 1/2 hour Phone Strategy Session 904-739-0200