Organization

Michael Gerber of the Emyth said, "If you can not leave your business for a month and have it run effectively without you, you don’t have a business, you have a job!"

What he means is if you don’t have procedure manuals for every part of your business, so your employees can do everything necessary, you are really just another employee.

Systems are key to any successful company. Doing every part of your business and handling customers the same way each time is key. Could you imagine asking Federal Express to delivery your specific package by 9 am the next day instead of 10:30 am? They are not going to have jets leave early just for one package and risk being late for all there other clients. They have a system. Unfortunately, many small businesses do this all the time. They over promise to get a sale, they have employees that handle accounts differently. You will hear a customer say, "When Barb handled my account she didn’t do it that way!" This is a fast road to disaster.

There is a reason franchises work so well in this country. They have a templated approach for producing a consistent product or service! This is the key.

Using a data base program like Act or Goldmine is key to your success. Each and every lead and customer must be entered into a computer system. If you have your leads and clients on scraps of paper, you are probably doomed for failure. If you are not failing with this approach you are losing a tremendous amount of profits by being less organized.

If you don’t know how to be organized, go talk to someone that is and ask them how they do it. Find out their beliefs about being organized. If you are not, your beliefs will be different then theirs.

The key is to take time to work on the busines, not always in the business. This means spend time organizing your business by creating step-by-step processes. You may be tempted to call that next lead to bring in more money, or say, I will organize next month, I am too busy now. You need to fight this pattern that may destroy your business.

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