What are you going to do differently this year?

13th January 2011

In many of my blogs, I write about how to improve something in your business, or how to plan ahead, or how to change something or someone. However, one thing which we all tend to forget as business owners is how to improve or change ourselves.

No doubt you have all heard about people who claim to have multiple years of experience, whilst in reality they only have one year of experience, repeated however many times. Just continuing on, on the same old path, doing the same old thing is not only very limiting on yourself, but necessarily the business will not progress either.

So what are you going to do differently this year? For yourself, for your business, or for your employees. I have mentioned in the past that I believe it is part of an employer’s responsibility to help their team to develop and become the best they can be. Well that is only going to happen if you set the example of developing and improving yourself. If your employees see you changing, learning and developing, they will realise that if the “boss” feels it is a good thing to do, then surely it must be for them also.

Continuous improvement and development is good for any business. Never be content with good enough. There are always things which can be done better or faster or just differently, but in every case, they should bring benefits to the business, which should all ultimately be financially positive for you as the owner, and for your team.

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