Wednesday, March 11, 2009

A recession is no excuse to stop work, unless you plan to

This talk of economic hardship, global recession and corporate meltdown can be a bit daunting for most of us. However the cup half full brigades are rejoicing at the opportunities that lay ahead.
When we are busy and overloaded with client and customer demand we complain, we complain about the thing we lack the most, the one thing we can never replace, the thing that is most precious to us all, and that is time.
From my experience in working alongside New Zealand business and the people who breathe life into them, is that they have great ideas, lots of motivation, but lack direction. This is due in many cases to outdated, or worse, non existent business plans.
Take this mandatory slow down in trading as an opportunity to invest some time in your team and importantly yourself. Invest this precious time in your business plan or strategic planning and involve your staff, family and peers in helping you prepare for the next stage of your business development. Your whole team will feel energised from this, you will feel in control and you will stand out from your competition.
One of the key drivers of Monday Morning online business development (
www.mondaymorning.biz) is to assist you with the tools to operate more efficiently and create functional networks, (that’s a large and widely distributed group of people not a system of two or more computers in case you were wondering). This is not a one-off programme, a short course or a degree to put on the office wall, this is an ongoing, and evolving process that will grow and develop just like you and your business. Make Monday Morning part of your daily to do list.

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