Define your success
When it comes to business success, it is important to make sure that you define what success in both business and life will look like for you.
vision
Strategic planning
Accountability
support
Have you been asked these questions lately?
- What do you enjoy most about running the business?
- Where do you see your business and yourself – a few years down the line?
- What’s preventing you from getting there?
- What is your biggest challenge, issue or opportunity at the moment?
- How much is this challenge or missed opportunity costing you—financially or personally?
- How would solving this change things for you—both in business and in life?
- If you were able to free up significant time, how would you spend it?
- Who do you have as a sounding board to help you make the best decisions?
SWOT (now):
- Are you where you hoped you’d be as a business owner?
- What are the biggest strengths and weaknesses in your company right now?
- How are you attracting and keeping customers?
Vision (Future)
- What personal goals matter most to you—income, lifestyle, retirement?
- What is your long-term vision for the business?
- Do you feel your leadership team is performing at its full potential?
Strategic Plan (Journey)
- If you could change one thing in the business today, what would it be?
- Do you have a written plan to take you from where you are now to your ideal vision?
- What does a successful exit or succession look like to you?
Peer Support
- Who do you lean on as a sounding board for big decisions?
- Who holds you accountable to follow through on your priorities?
Peer advisory boards
- What expertise or perspective do you believe you can bring to a Peer Advisory Board?
- What is the first issue you would like to discuss with such a board to get their feedback, guidance, and advice?
Define your business success
If any of the above is of interest to you or you want to find out more, talk to me.
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