Don’t Get Busier – Get Better!

Posted January 26, 2010
Don’t Get Busier – Get Better!
In the last post I talked about how change presents enormous opportunities to grow your business better than ever before.
What is the driving force to fuel change?
If you are the leader of the organization, that driving force is YOU
In stable times, the two fundamental forces affecting business are typically technology and globalisation. At present, we are now feeling the down side of the business cycle, which is bringing change with it – demanding changes in the way we operate, and more and better leadership. 2010 demands real leadership, and better leadership than ever before.
The key word to focus on in your current goals is ‘BETTER’.
A better product, a better price, a better business. Focus on getting something better. Create a sensible vision, see something better – a vision that makes sense to everyone in the organization, common sense tells you this is what you should be doing. How can you get a better result out of what you do already – don’t try to do something new. Do something better.
Focus on making your business better – serving better, managing better, making better decisions. This may not feel you are getting ahead of the game, however you will find there are those prospering because they have focused on plugging the holes instead of focussing on the bullets still coming at them. They see the opportunity of doing something better and winning as a result. If you can cope with the circumstances that are trying to sink your boat –you can end up with a better business. Get away from survival thinking and get into a prospering mentality. This may seem counterintuitive, and it may not be how most businesses are operating right now – and there’s the rub, the opportunity. Most businesses will not improve over the next 12-24 months. They will focus on retrenching and surviving, instead of getting better. And the shame is, that very survival focus will be the reason some will not survive. In spite of previous hard times being different from that we are experiencing today – there is one thing common to all – all downturns are temporary. If you are not focusing on how to make your business stronger, and better, when good times return, you will not be in the position to take advantage of it – and your competitors will.
The choice is yours – choose wisely!

In the last post I talked about how change presents enormous opportunities to grow your business better than ever before.

What is the driving force to fuel this change? If you are the leader of the organization, that driving force is YOU

In stable times, the two fundamental forces affecting business are typically technology and globalisation. At present, we are now feeling the down side of the business cycle, which is bringing change with it – demanding changes in the way we operate, and more and better leadership. 2010 demands real leadership, and better leadership than ever before.

The key word to focus on in your current goals is ‘BETTER’.

A better product, a better price, a better business. Focus on getting something better. Create a sensible vision, see something better – a vision that makes sense to everyone in the organization, common sense tells you this is what you should be doing. How can you get a better result out of what you do already – don’t try to do something new. Do something better.

Focus on making your business better – serving better, managing better, making better decisions. This may not feel you are getting ahead of the game, however you will find there are those prospering because they have focused on plugging the holes instead of focussing on the bullets still coming at them. They see the opportunity of doing something better and winning as a result. If you can cope with the circumstances that are trying to sink your boat –you can end up with a better business. Get away from survival thinking and get into a prospering mentality. This may seem counterintuitive, and it may not be how most businesses are operating right now – and there’s the rub, the opportunity. Most businesses will not improve over the next 12-24 months. They will focus on retrenching and surviving, instead of getting better. And the shame is, that very survival focus will be the reason some will not survive.

In spite of previous hard times being different from that we are experiencing today – there is one thing common to all – all downturns are temporary. If you are not focusing on how to make your business stronger, and better, when good times return, you will not be in the position to take advantage of it – and your competitors will.

The choice is yours – choose wisely!

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