Do Business Different
Some of the most odd and different things work for people when it comes to being efficient and happy. I know I do not like to think sitting down and often times I like to come up with ideas while taking a walk. I feel that by walking and thinking about the solution to a certain concern has helped me tremendously in coming up with better and newer ideas. It seems to clear my mind when it comes to brainstorming. I do the same thing when it comes to exercising and fitness! I exercise my body whenever my mind is in a clutter and I cannot seem to get it out of the rut. We all know the rut, the rut when you are numbing your mind trying to figure out a solution to a certain concern and nothing seems to be coming of it.
There is another strategy that I enjoy doing with my business and that is to let the employees and staff basically govern themselves with very little managing because my belief is if you try to completely micro manage or take people's choices away they will actually do worse. What I have found is if you just give people a general direction and let them do it their way their way is usually better than my way could ever be lol. The other benefit in doing that is it gives the employee a chance to breath and gives them more ownership in the company because they feel they get to contribute to the company which is 100 % true. Many other gyms and businesses in general do not believe in letting people do their own thing but I believe that the reason why they feel this way is because of their general view of people. The managers and so called leaders have a negative and distrusting view of people to start with so they spend all of their time worrying about if the people they are managing are trying to get over on them or not. Also encourage your people to take control of the entire business instead of you being so reluctant to hand it off. The reason this can be beneficial is because it adds more value to your business and anything that is going to worth talking about cannot be run just by one person. Their needs to be a dedicated team to building the business with you in order for it to grow. Another odd thing I enjoy doing with my business to see if there are any kinks in the system or things we need to work on is to not go into work for a week or even two weeks and see what specific complaints you are getting. What this does is it shows if you have actually built a strong system that works or if it depends too much on you and you fixing it. The reason this is important is one if you ever want to go on vacation you do not want your cell phone and email account to be getting blown up but two a stronger system definitely means much less customer service issues which in turn means you are increasing the customer experience which in turn means you are increasing the employee experience which means... you get my point :) Do not be afraid to try some different things to improve your business. Follow me on Twitter @gregeliteutah. CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT http://forms.aweber.com/form/12/1168196012.htm
