Planning for Success in your Business

“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.”

Alan Lakein

It’s that time of year again when, love it or loathe it, we must all acknowledge that Christmas is well and truly on its way.  The shops have been gradually filling with seasonal decorations, foods and gifts; our children, grandchildren and husbands, wife’s and partners (big Kids) have begun writing their lists to Santa and the TV and radio are now dominated by adverts for festive shopping opportunities, activities and eateries.

In our house, like many of yours I’m sure, Christmas is a big deal.  Planning for Christmas starts weeks, or perhaps even months in advance.  We’ve been buying little gifts since the beginning of October and gradually stockpiling ideas for the Christmas menu.  Come December, we will sit around with our cookbooks and begin looking up this year’s recipes.  By Christmas week we will have placed our orders with our chosen supermarkets and food suppliers, we’ll have wrapped our gifts, sauces and stuffings will be made and there’ll be a plan in place for what needs to go into the oven when on the big day.

As we all become expert planners at Christmas, this week we thought we would devise some key tips and ideas you can use to help you with planning in your business.  Here's the first for you now:

Reflect and evaluate your past before planning for the future:

No one ever says, “Remember that thing we did last year that ruined Christmas? Let’s do that again this year!”  People remember the recipe that everyone loved, the present that made the kids so happy, the traditions of putting a plate of mince pies out for Santa and a carrot for Rudolf and how exciting it made going to bed the night before Christmas and then they try to replicate and even improve on that success every year.  The same is true for planning in your business.  Reflect on what has gone well and evaluate why it worked, how the success can be replicated and how it can be improved upon and then commence your planning for the future.

One of the first things we recommend to all of our clients is to attend our 90 day planning workshops as this gives the formal time and setting for planning for their businesses and our next planning event is just around the corner.  For more info, visit the events page on our website:

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Catch our next tip on Sunday!