Struggling to balance operational tasks and strategic planning in your small business?

Balancing operational tasks with strategic planning can be a challenge for small business owners. Here are a few tips to help you strike the right balance: Delegate operational tasks: Delegate operational tasks to other team members or outsourced services, freeing up your time for strategic planning. Schedule strategic planning time: Schedule dedicated time for strategic planning in your calendar, treating it as a priority and committing to uninterrupted focus during this time.

When you’re overwhelmed with numerous tasks, prioritization becomes crucial. Begin by pinpointing the most urgent operational tasks that require immediate action and the strategic goals that will propel your business forward. Utilizing tools like the Eisenhower Box can be incredibly effective. This matrix helps you categorize tasks based on their urgency and importance, allowing you to concentrate on what truly matters without overlooking essential duties. The Eisenhower Box divides tasks into four categories: Urgent and Important: Immediate tasks. Important but Not Urgent: Tasks schedule to do later. Urgent but Not Important: Tasks you can delegate to others. Neither Urgent nor Important: Tasks you can eliminate.

Die Kunst zu priorisieren, halte ich für eine der wichtigsten F?higkeiten im Business und vielleicht besonders in Kleinen Unternehmen. Die Eiesenhower Technik finde ich schon seit Studienzeiten dafür besonders geeignet.

An effective and efficient leader who sustains their minor or venture business equilibrium is ultimately potent and requires several skills, such as prioritizing, planning, delegating, etc. Determining and persistently managing long- and short-term business strategies is decisive and helps enhance their effectiveness and efficiency. Leaders who change minds, decisions, and strategies quite often cost and waste all related resources: human force, time, finance, opportunity, and credit. As such, leaders or business heads need to be determined, disciplined, and confident in the strategy set and stick with that. The action plan to realize the strategy can be adjusted to update the change of the situation, but not the strategy in the short run.

The best advice I got before I became an entrepreneur was to delegate everything you don't like to do or are not good at! This was how I was able to go from working 80+ hours to just 16 weekly! Once I took that advice seriously, it seemed like overnight I was able to reduce my hours by 50%. This allows you the time to spend on the activities that only YOU can do! ??Sailynn... Your FUN Business Coach Creator of The Legacy Business System

Gleich nach der F?higkeit Priorit?ten zu setzen kommt die F?higkeit zu delegieren. Hierbei finde ich pers?nlich es wichtig, nicht nur Aufgaben, sondern auch die dazugeh?rige Verantwortung an geeignete Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter zu delegieren. Erstens zur Motivation und zweitens um es wirklich vom Tisch zu haben.

Aufgaben zu automatisieren und damit langfristig weniger Zeit dafür aufwenden zu müssen, ist eine gro?artige M?glichkeit um sich Freir?ume zu schaffen und Fehlerquellen zu minimieren. Gerade in kleinen Unternehmen wird das meiner Meinung nach noch zu wenig genutzt.

Genera un tablero de control liviano, de fácil entendimiento y con KPI muy bien definidos y comprueba que todos en tu línea de dependencia los entienden.

Fundamental, lo primero que se debe tener claro son los procesos no solo de manera empírica o tradicional; deberá de estar escrito, digitalizado y difundido por cada una de las areas de la empresa; hoy en dia con la ayuda de herramientas como Bizagi, BIM y otros podemos llegar a ordenar los procesos, automatizarlos y tener un flujo adecuado tanto de la información como de los recursos

Tic, toc. Tic, toc. El ritmo es parte de nuestra naturaleza. Hay ritmos cortos, de menos de un segundo, y otros que tardan generaciones. Piensa en las mareas que suben y bajan. Así tú también tienes que aprender tus ritmos, de reuniones de revisión, de planificación, de celebración. Si mantienes el ritmo un tiempo, se construye un hábito, una rutina más. Hoy es viernes y toca pensar en lo que haremos la semana que viene. Hoy es lunes y toca compartir energía para abordar los retos de la semana. Hoy es martes y toca revisar la situación de las iniciativas comerciales... y así. Tic, toc.

The right rhythm will go a long way. Here's what we do: Annually: set the budget and the one year goals, look three years out Quarterly: determine what big bites you're going to take out of your one year goals this quarter, review your progress Monthly: check the scoreboard; how did we do this month on the P&L Weekly: what progress are we making toward our quarterly and monthly goals? Get these on the calendars. Pick an agenda and stick with it. I HIGHLY recommend a business operating system like EOS or Great Game of Business. No need to reinvent the wheel - just run those proven playbooks.

Be resilient and relentless in your approach. Stay adaptable and ready to pivot when necessary. Embrace change, and use it to refine your strategies and improve efficiency. By maintaining a flexible mindset, you can navigate challenges more effectively and keep your business on track for growth.