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Casual Articles - A Secret Of Business Growth - Pick Passionate External People
One of the things I like about giving presentations to companies is meeting a new group of people and exchanging ideas with them. After a recent talk, several attendees and I had a great discussion about the power of branding.Later while changing my clothes, I was reminded how Levi Strauss & Company is one of the best in the business at branding. Just before I stuck my legs in the jeans I noticed a printed message on the outside of the inside flap of the pocket. From this short note, I’ve pulled three lessons that can maximize your brand.Be Different: Often when you buy clothes the only message you get is a piece of paper telling you that it’s been approved by Inspector #5 or worse, a sticker that ends up sticking t
The first test is are they passionate about what they do? Or are they just going through the motions?
Choose to work with people, both internally and externally that LOVE doing what they do. That way you’ll know that they are good.
If you hire anyone that’s passion is away from what they are doing for your business – their mind will be elsewhere – and their results will suffer.
Let me give you an example.
Which one of these 2 Tax Accountants would you hire? You ask them both this question.
“Where will you be in 5 years time?”
The first one answers. “I’ll be living on my farm, my accounting practice will be set up and I’ll be earning a passive income, so I can spend time with my family and working on my golf handicap”
The second one answers. “My practice and I will be recognized as the very best in the country for Business Tax structures so that my business and my clients will be structured in the best poss
What's a busy retail merchant to do when it needs extra working capital?"Oh, NO!!! - Not the gauntlet," you think – taking your valuable time (and patience) to deal with the "paperwork" required by traditional sources!Correct! You got it! Not the Guantlet! And let me tell you why!Today -- there is a better, easier, more reliable, convenient and FAST way to obtain lines of business credit for merchants!"HOW?" you say; tell me more!Okay, I will -- since it is my goal to help educate small business owners as to all the alternative financial tools available to them today that were not previously available – that's just what I intend to do. So, listen up because this is exciting stuff!Any vendor or merchant wh
Excellent song. I love it.
And you know what… some business owners love the notion of ‘doing it my way’ so much that they ‘hold’ onto every aspect of their business – so much so that they don’t allow people to help them to grow.
They latterly stop their staff from helping them.
They stop their ‘accountant’ from helping them
And they stop any outside expert from helping them…
There may be all sorts of reasons for this behaviour…
They may be too proud to ask for help.
They may be too scared to ask for help (as it can make you feel quite vulnerable).
They may think it’ll cost too much to get help (well if you think education costs too much – you should try ignorance).
Or they may think that they don’t have time to look for help… don’t trust anyone to help them, or even worse, they may think they don’t need help.
If you want to grow your business you have to make sure that all your people are ‘on your side’. You simply can’t afford a staff member, or an external consultant that is wayward – or not fully committed.
Because when they are passionate, focus and committed to you and your business, growing becomes easy because you can trust your people.
Why? Because they love doing what they do.
Business owners that have had excellent growth, and made extraordinary money from business will be the first to tell you that you need to surround yourself with great people to grow.
It’s a universal law.
And there are skills that you may need to learn, and/or develop to attract, and keep great people.
Most unsuccessful business owners blame their staff for poor business performance.
Yet who hired the staff?
Ultimately the business owner is responsible.
Great business owners take the responsibility and so train themselves on how to attract and pick great people.
As you start out in business, you can pretty much handle most of the work yourself. Then as the business grows you try and keep your finger in every ‘pie’… then at some point – your business gets to a point – where you can’t possibly do everything… you either have to keep your business small, or grow.
Yet growing may means that you’ve got to get people to help. Both internally (in terms of staff) and externally (in terms of consultants)
And that can be quite scary.
You see in business we become very good at making things or providing the service… yet we never really learn how to ‘pick’ people, how to train them and how to motivate them… so employing people or getting consultants can be a worry.
Yet the best business owners make it a passion of theirs to develop their people and leadership skills.
They actively learn how to pick, train and motivate people to run their business.
Because one of the true secrets of growing any business – is to grow it with the help of great people.
Top business owners know this.
They make it a passion to understand, and work with their people to help them grow their business.
They have these ‘great’ people offer advice and opinions – yet at the end of the day it’s the business owner that makes the decision.
In this article, the point to learn is that as well as employing great staff to work in their business – the best business owners also surround themselves with the best people they can find externally to help them grow their business.
Who are external people? Consultants and specialists.
They spend good money, and a lot of time with excellent accountants, solicitors and business growth specialists to ensure they keep on track and focused.
That way their progress is direct, effective and faster and safer.
You see they know that by paying a specialist – they’ll get specialist results. Because a great specialist will make you much, much more money than you’ll ever pay them.
You’ll know what I mean if you’ve ever worked with a gun consultant or specialist. They’ll be your favourite investment – because their advice will pay off many many times over.
My advice to you is to first examine the consultants you currently engage. Are they working for you? Or against you. There’s no in between.
The first test is are they passionate about what they do? Or are they just going through the motions?
Choose to work with people, both internally and externally that LOVE doing what they do. That way you’ll know that they are good.
If you hire anyone that’s passion is away from what they are doing for your business – their mind will be elsewhere – and their results will suffer.
Let me give you an example.
Which one of these 2 Tax Accountants would you hire? You ask them both this question.
“Where will you be in 5 years time?”
The first one answers. “I’ll be living on my farm, my accounting practice will be set up and I’ll be earning a passive income, so I can spend time with my family and working on my golf handicap”
The second one answers. “My practice and I will be recognized as the very best in the country for Business Tax structures so that my business and my clients will be structured in the best possi
If you want to Sky Rocket your earnings to you need to find good partners. We have all heard those horror stories about bad partnerships. Some of the biggest most successful companies in the world were results of great partnerships 2 that come to mind are Hewlett Packard and TRW.In His book The Richest Man who ever lived Steven K Scott stresses the importance of effective partnering. He also outlines 7 Red Flags to avoid when selecting a Partner.1 – A Lack of Integrity A partner who lacks integrity and is dishonest will sooner or later be dishonest with you or more importantly your clients. Sure most if not all of us have lied or cheated now and then but the person who lies and cheats all the time is to be avoided.2 - A
Because when they are passionate, focus and committed to you and your business, growing becomes easy because you can trust your people.
Why? Because they love doing what they do.
Business owners that have had excellent growth, and made extraordinary money from business will be the first to tell you that you need to surround yourself with great people to grow.
It’s a universal law.
And there are skills that you may need to learn, and/or develop to attract, and keep great people.
Most unsuccessful business owners blame their staff for poor business performance.
Yet who hired the staff?
Ultimately the business owner is responsible.
Great business owners take the responsibility and so train themselves on how to attract and pick great people.
As you start out in business, you can pretty much handle most of the work yourself. Then as the business grows you try and keep your finger in every ‘pie’… then at some point – your business gets to a point – where you can’t possibly do everything… you either have to keep your business small, or grow.
Yet growing may means that you’ve got to get people to help. Both internally (in terms of staff) and externally (in terms of consultants)
And that can be quite scary.
You see in business we become very good at making things or providing the service… yet we never really learn how to ‘pick’ people, how to train them and how to motivate them… so employing people or getting consultants can be a worry.
Yet the best business owners make it a passion of theirs to develop their people and leadership skills.
They actively learn how to pick, train and motivate people to run their business.
Because one of the true secrets of growing any business – is to grow it with the help of great people.
Top business owners know this.
They make it a passion to understand, and work with their people to help them grow their business.
They have these ‘great’ people offer advice and opinions – yet at the end of the day it’s the business owner that makes the decision.
In this article, the point to learn is that as well as employing great staff to work in their business – the best business owners also surround themselves with the best people they can find externally to help them grow their business.
Who are external people? Consultants and specialists.
They spend good money, and a lot of time with excellent accountants, solicitors and business growth specialists to ensure they keep on track and focused.
That way their progress is direct, effective and faster and safer.
You see they know that by paying a specialist – they’ll get specialist results. Because a great specialist will make you much, much more money than you’ll ever pay them.
You’ll know what I mean if you’ve ever worked with a gun consultant or specialist. They’ll be your favourite investment – because their advice will pay off many many times over.
My advice to you is to first examine the consultants you currently engage. Are they working for you? Or against you. There’s no in between.
The first test is are they passionate about what they do? Or are they just going through the motions?
Choose to work with people, both internally and externally that LOVE doing what they do. That way you’ll know that they are good.
If you hire anyone that’s passion is away from what they are doing for your business – their mind will be elsewhere – and their results will suffer.
Let me give you an example.
Which one of these 2 Tax Accountants would you hire? You ask them both this question.
“Where will you be in 5 years time?”
The first one answers. “I’ll be living on my farm, my accounting practice will be set up and I’ll be earning a passive income, so I can spend time with my family and working on my golf handicap”
The second one answers. “My practice and I will be recognized as the very best in the country for Business Tax structures so that my business and my clients will be structured in the best poss
Have you ever come back from vacation, or from a business trip of more than a few days, to find an overstuffed e-mailbox containing a blow-by-blow account of everything that happened while you were away? E-mail overload at its worst!You know the kind of thing I mean: long e-mail threads with contributions from everyone in the department, each copying everyone else and many leading off into side threads and involving even more people. You have to read the whole thing just to know what's going on, and to see whether there's something you need to do.This is a common problem, and one that comes up often in my consulting and training engagements. So I'm recommending a new way of keeping everyone in the loop --- without deluging them with e-m
Yet growing may means that you’ve got to get people to help. Both internally (in terms of staff) and externally (in terms of consultants)
And that can be quite scary.
You see in business we become very good at making things or providing the service… yet we never really learn how to ‘pick’ people, how to train them and how to motivate them… so employing people or getting consultants can be a worry.
Yet the best business owners make it a passion of theirs to develop their people and leadership skills.
They actively learn how to pick, train and motivate people to run their business.
Because one of the true secrets of growing any business – is to grow it with the help of great people.
Top business owners know this.
They make it a passion to understand, and work with their people to help them grow their business.
They have these ‘great’ people offer advice and opinions – yet at the end of the day it’s the business owner that makes the decision.
In this article, the point to learn is that as well as employing great staff to work in their business – the best business owners also surround themselves with the best people they can find externally to help them grow their business.
Who are external people? Consultants and specialists.
They spend good money, and a lot of time with excellent accountants, solicitors and business growth specialists to ensure they keep on track and focused.
That way their progress is direct, effective and faster and safer.
You see they know that by paying a specialist – they’ll get specialist results. Because a great specialist will make you much, much more money than you’ll ever pay them.
You’ll know what I mean if you’ve ever worked with a gun consultant or specialist. They’ll be your favourite investment – because their advice will pay off many many times over.
My advice to you is to first examine the consultants you currently engage. Are they working for you? Or against you. There’s no in between.
The first test is are they passionate about what they do? Or are they just going through the motions?
Choose to work with people, both internally and externally that LOVE doing what they do. That way you’ll know that they are good.
If you hire anyone that’s passion is away from what they are doing for your business – their mind will be elsewhere – and their results will suffer.
Let me give you an example.
Which one of these 2 Tax Accountants would you hire? You ask them both this question.
“Where will you be in 5 years time?”
The first one answers. “I’ll be living on my farm, my accounting practice will be set up and I’ll be earning a passive income, so I can spend time with my family and working on my golf handicap”
The second one answers. “My practice and I will be recognized as the very best in the country for Business Tax structures so that my business and my clients will be structured in the best poss
For all our interest in networking, following up is just as important. Many one-person business owners find they either don't follow up because they don't know what to do, or develop such an elaborate system for keeping in touch that it quickly breaks down and becomes unworkable. Typical downfalls include:--Using the same personally intensive strategy and activities for everyone they meet, finding they have no time for service delivery--Flooding new contacts with electronic information, but don't check in to see if there is a real fit--Letting months go between contacts and then being dismayed with few responses to offersNetworking Maven Kristy Rogers, is not only well known for her prowess in networking, having received
In this article, the point to learn is that as well as employing great staff to work in their business – the best business owners also surround themselves with the best people they can find externally to help them grow their business.
Who are external people? Consultants and specialists.
They spend good money, and a lot of time with excellent accountants, solicitors and business growth specialists to ensure they keep on track and focused.
That way their progress is direct, effective and faster and safer.
You see they know that by paying a specialist – they’ll get specialist results. Because a great specialist will make you much, much more money than you’ll ever pay them.
You’ll know what I mean if you’ve ever worked with a gun consultant or specialist. They’ll be your favourite investment – because their advice will pay off many many times over.
My advice to you is to first examine the consultants you currently engage. Are they working for you? Or against you. There’s no in between.
The first test is are they passionate about what they do? Or are they just going through the motions?
Choose to work with people, both internally and externally that LOVE doing what they do. That way you’ll know that they are good.
If you hire anyone that’s passion is away from what they are doing for your business – their mind will be elsewhere – and their results will suffer.
Let me give you an example.
Which one of these 2 Tax Accountants would you hire? You ask them both this question.
“Where will you be in 5 years time?”
The first one answers. “I’ll be living on my farm, my accounting practice will be set up and I’ll be earning a passive income, so I can spend time with my family and working on my golf handicap”
The second one answers. “My practice and I will be recognized as the very best in the country for Business Tax structures so that my business and my clients will be structured in the best poss
By: Donald J. Eversdyk February 18, 2007The latest fashion trend that seems to be becoming the norm is the way people dress. Whether it is for work, daily activities, or a special event, people are lowering their standards. Seems everywhere I go lately either people don’t care what they look like, are just plain lazy, or a combination of both. I’d like to give you three examples that happened to me in the past month.A company was holding an open interview session for invited candidates for a number of open positions. They took a group of people in at a time and gave a brief overview of the company. All of the candidates were professionally dressed, but the interviewer told them they were all overdressed. Khakis and polo shirts are fin
The first test is are they passionate about what they do? Or are they just going through the motions?
Choose to work with people, both internally and externally that LOVE doing what they do. That way you’ll know that they are good.
If you hire anyone that’s passion is away from what they are doing for your business – their mind will be elsewhere – and their results will suffer.
Let me give you an example.
Which one of these 2 Tax Accountants would you hire? You ask them both this question.
“Where will you be in 5 years time?”
The first one answers. “I’ll be living on my farm, my accounting practice will be set up and I’ll be earning a passive income, so I can spend time with my family and working on my golf handicap”
The second one answers. “My practice and I will be recognized as the very best in the country for Business Tax structures so that my business and my clients will be structured in the best possible way. The business will set up to run a lot more efficient, but I love what I do, so I’ll still be here working with you and my other top level clients – because it’s my passion to help business owners set up their business in the best possible way to minimize taxation and create wealth.”
I don’t know about you, but I’d be choosing the last one. The one that loves doing what I’m paying him to do.
Work with competent passionate people that are more motivated to achieve your goal than you are – that way you know you’ll be on track…. Because if they love what they do – they’ll keep ahead of their game – and keep you ahead of yours.
Pick and work with passionate external people that love doing what you’re paying them to do.
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