As we wind down into the Xmas period it’s a great time to reflect on the achievements of the year, to celebrate success and to consider how we might approach the New Year.
Each year brings new challenges and opportunities for business owners. So you can hit the ground running next year, we’ve put together an overview of four key business developments and what to look out for in 2019.
The KISS acronym has it’s origins in engineering, with Kelly Johnson, a lead engineer of aircraft handing his team some basic tools and challenging them to design a jet aircraft. The purpose of the challenge was to ensure that the resulting aircraft could be repaired by an average mechanic, using ordinary tools, in the field and under combat conditions. A great tool that we use to simplify the process of running a business is The Business Cycle
Every day we are talking with business owners and operators who are striving to optimise their business success. They each operate within a unique set of attributes including their skills, personality, resources, market share, number of employees, industry and location, to name a few. Consequently, there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Indeed, the concept of a formula for success implies we have absolute control over all the variables. Any farmer, banker, real estate agent or tourism operator will tell you this is simply not true. Luck has a huge role to play. Or does it?