Why it's vital to review the progress of your business
It's easy to focus only on the day-to-day running of your business. But once you're up and running, it can pay dividends to think about longer-term and more strategic planning.
This is especially true as you take on more staff, create departments within the business, appoint managers or directors and become distanced from the everyday running of the business.
Reviewing your progress will be particularly useful if you feel:
~ Uncertain about how well the business is performing
~ Unsure if you're getting the most out of the business or making the most of market opportunities
~ Your business plan may be out of date, e.g. you haven't updated it since you started trading
~ Your business is moving in a direction different to the one you had planned or moving faster than you anticipated
~ Your business may be becoming unwieldy or unresponsive to market demands
It is also useful if you have decided that your company is ready to move on to another level.
Assess your core activities
A good starting point for your review is to evaluate what you actually do - your core activities, the products that you make, services that you provide and the people that you employ. Ask yourself what makes them successful, are my processes supporting my product? Are my processes supporting my people? Are my people supporting my business? Could they be improved and can we launch new or complementary products or services? So many questions and ,often, so few answers.
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