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What’s the Biggest Challenge for New Business Owners?
Over and over again I see many ‘new to business’ and ‘small business owners’ (who have been going for between 2-3 years) who have not been able to change their thinking from being an employee to being a business owner.
It seems to be the number 1 barrier to business owners consistently moving forward with momentum.
At the end of the day, 'employee behaviour / mindset' does not drive dollars to your business. No one's paying you a salary - (and let’s not create a panic around this - because while this is essential, the more you stress about it the less effective you will be and you could give the impression to potential clients that you are desperate for their business), small business owners need to create consistency around their mindset and their business processes that ensure they are following through on leads while they're 'hot', delivering tenders, quotes, products and services on time and just generally meeting all deadlines.
Procrastination and a 'she'll be right' attitude may be OK when you're working for someone else's company, (where there are other people to pick up the slack), but as a business owner it's the ability to make timely decisions, act on opportunities and follow through on promises that counts.
Of course, this isn't a problem for all new and small business owners. Many are able to make the transition from being an employee to being a business owner and be very effective in these areas and I can guarantee that when they were working for someone else, they were already demonstrating these characteristics and were above average employees (the ones who were picking up everyone else's slack in the first place).
So is it time to think about whether your mindset could do with a bit of an adjustment (kick in the pants)?
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And for those of you on the way up the ladder of success….
Some of you may have had the recent experience of (or are anticipating) a performance review in your current role.
If you’ve already had yours:
• What was your expectation / emotion before you went in?
• Did you walk away feeling positive or negative about that experience?
What makes the difference between a positive or negative experience for a performance review?
Like so many things, it’s taking responsibility for facilitating a desirable outcome for yourself and the key to that is planning and preparation.
When you begin a role (i.e. a new job) usually you are given a job description and some key performance indicators (KPI’s). You have a responsibility to find out as much as you can about your role, the expectations of the people you report to, how that role ‘fits’ into your department’s structure and the outcomes that department delivers to it’s company.
You need to understand what makes your role viable and work out how you are going to deliver outcomes in a way that makes you an asset to your team (even as a leader). Use your KPI’s as a model and develop a personal performance strategy that sees you at the front of your game on all indicators.
In this way, when it comes to performance review time you enter into that activity with the best possible opportunity to be in a position to negotiate what you would like for the coming reporting period. I know many companies say that salary is not based on performance, but in most cases – a great performance review leads to a salary increase or other remuneration package benefits and often to a promotion.
If this year’s performance review is something you’d like to improve on for a more positive, encouraging and hopefully, profitable outcome next year – then contact us to book an *Executive coaching session.
Are you finding 'change' challenging?
Generally, people don’t like change. They like things to be familiar.
Over the years I’ve learned to embrace change as a new opportunity for personal and or professional growth.
Most of life’s biggest lessons and improvements grow from an unanticipated change of circumstances for which we usually were unprepared.
What I have learned over the years is that the process of change has created in me a phenomenal capacity for resilience.
Resilience is the key to managing change.
I see many people dealing with change at every point in their life and we need to be aware of our responses when faced with change.
Whether it is a health, professional or life changing crisis that gets our attention – it is how we respond to that crisis or challenge that determines our ability to adapt quickly, slowly or in some cases, not at all. The last outcome is of course the least productive and least desirable.
What you are looking for is the best case scenario. You’re looking for positive responses and strategies that help you adapt with minimal fall out. You want to become as resilient as possible.
If this sounds like you, then contact us to book a *Resilience coaching session today!
Personal best regards
Sue Booth
Director
Embrionics Success Coaching
www.embrionics.com.au
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August 2010
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