The 1st Step to Being in the 20% of Businesses That Thrive!
Systems are the LIFEBLOOD of your business. Michael Gerber, in his book The E-Myth Revisited (I highly recommend reading if you haven't already!) writes about how most small business owners are "technicians". He postulates that their commitment to that role creates many liabilities towards business success and growth. This is because as the "technician" they are masterful at the skill or service they deliver and spend the majority of their work hours delivering that skill to their clients.
This leaves minimal time to focus on the administration of the business. Most technicians have much less experience or training to perform the tasks necessary to keep the gears of their business oiled and moving smoothly and efficiently.
He shares that 80% of businesses fail, not because they aren't highly skilled at the service or skill they deliver, ratherbecause they don't have the systems in place to run the business.
"If your business depends on you, you don't own a business ---- you have a job. And it's the worst job in the world because you're working for a lunatic!." ~ Michael Gerber
Systems allow you to automate processes, document procedures and workflows so that you have the ability to delegate tasks that are below your paygrade to someone else. Systems allow you to automate processes and improve efficiency in your business. Most importantly, they help to create more time in your business so that you can work on the Big Picture stuff. The Creative stuff. The Visionary Stuff.
Need help identifying what can be systematized and how to establish systems within your business to increase your bottom line? Contact me to schedule an individual consultation. I can help you pin point which things to systematize and delegate first to open up TIME to WORK ON YOUR BUSINESS & EXTRA TIME FOR YOU!
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