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WARNING: What Fuels Your Business May Be Killing It!

12 Steps to Business Transformation – Step 9

Over the last eight weeks, I introduced my Ebook 12 Steps to Business Transformation and I defined the first 8 of the 12 transformational steps. This week we are going to talk about step 9.

Step 9 in my new Ebook “12 Steps to Business Transformation” is very simple yet many businesses fail to complete it! Step 9 is where you take the Vision, Mission, Values, Strategies and Goals and feed them into the Operations Engine. Essentially, you are providing the “fuel” to power your Operations Engine and substandard or contaminated “fuel” can kill your business!

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Living Forward

A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

This week’s book review is Living Forward by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy.

 

Hyatt and Harkavy detail out the process of building a life plan – a balanced plan for your life that provides long term focus complete with the detailed goals required to get there. The book is well written with tons of examples and great online tools.

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Why You Need To Download This Powerful Strategy Tool

12 Steps to Business Transformation – Step 7

Over the last six weeks, I introduced my Ebook 12 Steps to Business Transformation and I defined the first 6 of the 12 transformational steps. This week we are going to talk about the Strategy Summary.

Completing the Strategy Summary for your business is step 7 in my new Ebook “12 Steps to Business Transformation.”

The Strategy Summary is a tool that records your entire organization’s vision, strategy, goals and key business metrics in one easy to use and easy to communicate form. Basically, you are recording the first six steps of the 12 step business transformation into one powerful tool.

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How to Use Powerful Goals to Ignite Your Business

12 Steps to Business Transformation – Step 5

Over the last four weeks, I introduced my Ebook 12 Steps to Business Transformation and I defined the first 4 of the 12 transformational steps. This week we are going to talk about Goals.

Defining the Goals for your business is step 5 in my new Ebook “12 Steps to Business Transformation.”

Goals take the business strategy and break it down into digestible steps. Clearly defined Goals allow the organization to focus on the most important aspects of the company strategy at the most important points in time.

By establishing and achieving SMART Goals, you are executing the strategy which will move you closer to your mission and ultimately your vision. Powerful goals aligned with your strategy will ignite your business!

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How To Build A Powerful Business Strategy

12 Steps to Business Transformation – Step 4

Over the last few posts, I introduced my Ebook 12 Steps to Business Transformation and I defined Vision, Mission and Values, which are the first 3 steps of the 12 transformational steps. This week we are going to talk about Business Strategy.

Defining the Business Strategy for your business is step 4 in my new Ebook “12 Steps to Business Transformation.”

Business Strategy considers all the internal and external market forces, your business strengths and weaknesses, your vision, mission and values, the service and/or product your business sells and the marketplace that you are selling into. The Business Strategy pulls all these divergent thoughts, ideas, conditions, and concepts together and defines a high level plan to engage successfully in the marketplace.

Without a clearly defined business strategy, your business is destined for decline and failure. This does not mean you need a 10,000-page business strategy document that takes years to write and now just collects dust on a shelf in your office.

What is needed is a simple, concise, focused and nimble plan that you constantly refer to, communicate from and measure progress against.