How To Improve Business Health for 2011
People are in business to make a profit, even not-for-profit organisations need to make a surplus to survive. But, just how healthy is your business? All businesses have weaknesses as well as strengths. Now is the time for you to consider your profitability (PROFIT) issues such as:
- People Management and Culture,
- Resources and Risk Management,
- Operations and Systems,
- Finance and Focus,
- Innovation and Ideas,
- Technology and Timeliness.
A Business Health Check can be a key part of this process; it asks some key questions about your business, highlighting areas of potential weaknesses and pointing you in the direction of relevant help and support.
Do you have enough time to do all this and keep running your business? Do you have the expertise? Well there are third party experts who can assist in your business health check and, whilst you know your business better than anyone, having more than in-house opinions and perspectives is valuable as it utilises the experience and knowledge of expert business advisors – people external to the business with a fresh perspective.
Ensure that 2011 is your healthiest year yet. To ensure you achieve your maximum profit in 2011 you need to consider the following issues and take steps to address areas where you or your business may be lacking.
People, Management and Culture
Consider the terrific people you have on board, are they performing to their full potential? Do you allow them to? Do you listen to their feedback, do you talk to them and let them know that you value them? In looking at the organisation’s operations it is also critical to understand the culture. Remember that people are flexible and require ownership of whatever they do to perform to their best abilities. Is your management structure the best for your operations? Are …
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