Follow The Money

"Historically, smart people have always turned to where the money was. Today, money is turning to where the smart people are." Financial Times

Karl

Core Values- More than a List!

Core Values are things that many organisations tend to list, frame and hang on the wall. True Core Values are lived daily in the Company and are referred to used continuously. Staff are recruited from them, appraisals are done from them and if required staff are dismissed if they breach one of them.

Our Core Values at Results.Com are;

• People First
• Go the extra mile
• Live what we teach
• Abundance mentality
• Make a difference
• Passion for learning
• Straight talk

Our Core Purpose: To enhance peoples experience of life.

What are yours? and what do you do with them? Are they alive in the organisation? Why are they important?

Karl (see our website)

Time to Get Serious and real!

Right now as the NZ economy kicks along the bottom of the recession cycle there are strong signs of the early buds of recovery (see link). This is good news after a particularly tough time for all industries but it begs the question......what is your strategy in order to position your business to really dominate your market and reap the rewards of recovery.

There is no doubt that despite the doom in the media, recession really is a time of opportunity for those that choose to seize it. Now is the time to complete your strategy and execute some focused action in order to get the team and the plan honed to really make the most of the opportunity as the market resets. Lets face it...the same old plan will get the same old results!

Last night we held a seminar called "Think Growth, Simplify Your Business". The evening, sponsored by Westpac and the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, saw owners and representatives from 76 Canterbury based businesses attend and take part in an interactive presentation. The focus of the evening was to emphasis the importance of getting the key drivers in your business right.....Strategy, Cash, People, Execution. Get these four things right and watch your business take off.....now thats positive!

If you need some advice with any of these things give us a call......its what we do at Results.Com....We Grow Businesses.

Have a fun day

Karl (See our website)

You can not align people without a common direction

Imagine that your business is a life raft in the middle of the ocean, you as the business leader knows what direction you want to go and are paddling as hard as you can in that direction. The others on the raft know where they want to go and start paddling in thier direction. In disbelief you look at the others in the raft questioning why they can not see the direction you are heading in and why are they not paddling in that same direction. Indeed some may even be paddling in the opposite direction. In frustration some of them may stop paddling as hard as then can, not because they are not capable but because they get disengaged.
The busisness leaders is also aware that with limited provisions for voyage there is an urgency that others do not seem to share. And so they paddle harder. This appears to be happening in some businesses right now.

If this is your life raft what do you believe the outcome will be?

You may get to where you want to go but will it be in the fastest time possible by the quickest route?

Alignment and Engagement of your people become the two most important factors for your success

So, at some stage the business leaders need to step up and sell a story of the direction they want to head or else you they invarible head in circles.

Do you increase your chances of success if the story involves your people? You betcha!

Business is exactly like this analagy.

Do your staff know your direction?
Do your Staff know your vision?
Does it invlove your people?
Do they see it everyday?

If you answered 'No' to any of the above then immediately address this and create a clear and compelling long term goal that stretches beyond your current capabilities that will align all of your people.

Here is the real magic though. When you create this long term stretch Goal that can bring together businesses as well as your people it becomes a lot easier. When you share with your clients and your suppliers they all go "Hey I like that! It is where I would like to go too."

Overnight Business will become a lot easier.

If you are asking yourself "How do I do this?" Try starting with asking your people after all who will do the work to get you there?

Enjoy the Recovery