Are you working in, or on your business

These two principles are the battle arena for most small to medium size organisations.

The benefit of working IN your business as the owner or senior manager. Is the sense of control it provides, the ability to affect the quality of work or service provided. Though this is true, It impacts your ability to plan for scalable growth, manage productivity, & implement change.

For example: Who has the answers to these questions in your organisation apart from you?

What is your order management process?

Please consider: Leads, quotes, orders, invoices, purchase orders, deliveries, collections, stock management, failed deliveries.

What or who are the bottlenecks within this process, & how do you measure this?

How do you measure the productivity of your teams? Sales, technical, admin, etc. within the process above?

Working ON your business gives you the ability to plan, refine & control all of the factors presented above & so much more, but without the correct balance, you can become disconnected from your teams, which could result in high staff turnover.

What if I told you there is one tool that could help you achieve the benefits of working IN, and ON your business.

WHEN YOU DONT HAVE A STRATEGY, YOU WILL HAVE AN EXCUSE.

I was speaking to one of my Business Development Managers a while back. I asked him how he was finding things on his patch. He started to explain and I quote, ”It is always quiet this time of the year, now even more with the Brexit issue”.

He was confident with his response but very shocked at mine. Which was;

”What is your strategy to overcome these challenges?” while he stared at me with a blank expression, I went on to say. ” I can't afford to keep you because it's really quiet and the market has been impacted by Brexit”. He then went on to reference how well we are doing as a business to question my justification for his current position within our establishment. He soon recognised he was the only member of the team who was being impacted by a challenge that has affected our industry. He realised he had accepted the circumstance, and therefore made no strategy to overcome. We have since been able to create a strategy for his area, and he is now contending to become one of the top BDM’s

I used this as an opportunity to teach and illustrate what I firmly believe.

Working With Anthill

Anthill is a fantastic Business Process Software, which includes, pricing, invoicing, order management, CRM, Stock control and so much more...

What you can do with Anthill is endless

The program is like building block. It allows you to create your business process from scratch. In essence you get a bespoke purpose built software at a cost effective price.

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If you have a business that requires you to follow a process. This is the correct tool for you. If you want it Anthill will build it