Running a Nimble Business is something that very few business owners do. After all what is a nimble business? Well it is a business that runs smoothly and is also small enough to adapt and change direction when needed. Unfortunately most businesses just evolve and almost by definition they become bloated and are more of a job than a business for most owners. Having a Nimble business mindset is something that very few business owners get to. Why? Because it takes work, effort and the discipline to actually plan things out in advance and then to execute on those plans. This is way more time and effort than the vast majority of business owners are prepared to invest. After all, who wants to work that hard at things they don’t like doing or that requires them to actually go and learn something. Having a Nimble business requires setting up systems and documenting everything you do in every area of the business. That includes sales, marketing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, purchasing as well as systems for every thing you do in the business on a regular basis. So if you are a maid service company then you need to document every thing that your maids do and how they are to perform these functions. House cleaning is performed more efficiently if there is a system to follow. If you are a roofing company the same principle applies set up your systems so that you can produce efficient results on a regular and on-going basis.  Virtually every type of small business will benefit from having great systems that are updated on a regular basis. From a fence nashville company, to a hernia surgery in columbus or a company that does decks in columbus through to windows cleveland.

People are one of the most important assets for any business and yet very few businesses have any kind of strategy or systems around people – how to recruit them, encourage them, promote them and keep them motivated. There are many tools available for this from profile reports such as general DISC profiles through to profiles for specific functions such as sales, customer service, management etc.  Knowing how to effectively manage manage your people and get the most out of them is where many businesses fail horribly. As an example a handyman columbus business will need to have qualified and experienced craftsmen that have experience and take pride in their work. the same would be true for a dayton kitchen remodeler. If these people do not feel like they are a part of the business, that they make a contribution and more importantly that they have some kind of input. That their views are heard and taken into consideration. That does not mean that that have to be implemented or acted on every time. Nobody comes up with good ideas all the time and often people working in the business do not always have the overall or big picture. They just look at things from their own perspective.

In most cases it is easy to tell if the business owner is sales or production orientated as this part of the business will perform much better. Unfortunately almost all businesses need both sides so it is important to have this balance. This can be achieved by having key people in the area that you are not so strong in. So if you are sales orientated have a strong production person and if you are production orientated have a strong sales person. One of the exceptions to this rule is if you have an online business like selling invisible fence batteries. So here you do not necessarily have to be a great salesman as you can always contract out the copy writing to an expert in this area. Copy writing is one of the most important things for an effective web site. I have often seen how ego’s get in the way for many business owners and this throttles the growth of the business. If they are production orientated they probably are not getting all the sales that they should but they still feel that because they understand the production side better than anyone else they can sell it better than anyone else. Often they are then way too technical for their customers or prospects. What is important to them is the technical aspects of say an invisible fence columbus while their customers just want it to work and are not really concerned about the technical aspects.