Have the results of your efforts been what you hoped for?

In other words, are you growing your business?

If you haven’t, now is the time to look at your actions. By looking at your actions you can review what is and what is not working. Are you prepared to take this action?

When do you want to start improving your results?

What other effects does a bad boss have on employees?

Let’s see what a Swedish study reported.

Did you know that workers who had reported having ‘bad bosses’ were also at a great risk for heart attacks and heart disease? This study was based on 3,100 male participants.

For your information the survey was based on the personal qualities of; consideration for their employees, and setting clear goals. While it may seem that I’ve been out to criticize ‘bad bosses’ I am not. I am just trying to get people in general to understand that by changing an attitude or an action a person can have a significant impact on the growth of a company.

What can you do as a person that will help your company grow and become better?

What is the best way to grow your business?

As you know there are two options to grow your business; the safe tactical way and the strategic way. Which is the one that works?

With the safe way you maintain your old ways and habits. With the strategic way you are looking for new insights and new ways all the time. My question is; how can you grow your business by maintaining your old ways and habits?

Of course you can’t grow your business that way. I’ve said this for years; ‘The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.’ If you want to maintain your old ways and habits, your rut is slowly becoming a grave. If you don’t like what I’ve said – you’ve proven to me that you like your rut. How much longer before you attitude digs this rut into a grave?

The choice is yours isn’t it?

Does your business need intellectual capital to grow?

Does your business need an injection so that you can create new ideas so that your business flourishes?

In a recent article about political parties I read about how they use their political foes, the civil service and research to implement ideas while there are governing. What I plan to do with this blog is to look at this premise from a business perspective.

What do you need in your business to create new ideas and grow your business?

I know that the following is of prime importance;

• You need to reignite your passion for your business.
• You need to raise your standards in all aspects of your business.
• You need to ask better questions to give you new answers to the old problems.
• You need new people who bring different perspectives, thus new ideas.
• You need be willing to try new ideas even if you are concerned that they might fail.

The question remains; will you do any of the above suggestions? When?