All posts tagged business health

Can You Answer These 3 Vital Questions?

Spring is here at last, days are getting longer, new life is all around us and we’re at the end of the first quarter of this year already.

Now is the perfect time to look at how your business is going since the start of the year and if you’re on track to meet your end of year goals.

How do you feel about how things have gone so far? Are you excited, are you flat, are you stressed? Have you achieved what you wanted? Are you where you hoped you’d be?

The following 3 questions will help you gauge how well the rest of the year is going to pan out. If you’re struggling to answer these questions then heed this early warning and do something about it. Continue reading →

March 31, 2017 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Leadership, Strategy business health, business review, Business risks, business strategy, business strength, business weakness, first quarter review, Q1 business review, quarterly review

What’s Going On?

It’s a question we regularly hear. Maybe not as often as when we were children and our parents would want to know why we were covered in mud or why the bed sheets were draped across chairs or why we were sniggering conspiratorially when they walked into the room.

But there is one place where we don’t hear it enough or ask it enough – and it’s where we should be asking it – in our business. Continue reading →

March 1, 2016 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Strategic Thinking business challenges, business health, business problem, how to solve a business problem, overcome your business challenges, Strengthen your business

Don’t Simply Hope Your Business Will Succeed – Make Sure it Will

Every day thousands of new businesses are formed. New entrepreneurs make that massive leap to starting their own business with feelings of excitement and trepidation as they take that first step in a long, difficult but highly rewarding journey.

Everyday a similar number of businesses close, the majority having struggled for a while and finally called it a day. Their owners doing so with feelings of despair and dread as to their future and that of their families.

The deeply sad thing about many of their businesses is that they needn’t have struggled and failed. Here’s why. Continue reading →

September 29, 2015 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Leadership, Strategy business certainty, business control, business health, business success, certainty, control

How Strong Is Your Business?

If I sat across from you now and asked you this question, what would you say?

What if I was the best potential customer you encountered so far? What if winning my business could propel your business to the next level or give you the huge break you’ve been waiting for?

What if I was the investor you needed to seriously grow your business or the bank manager you needed a loan from?

Could you convince me that your business was strong enough to meet my needs as a customer or give me the return I was seeking as an investor?

So what would you say? What would convince me? What do I need to hear and see? More to the point do you know how strong your business is or how vital it is that you should know? Continue reading →

August 5, 2015 Chris Briggs 0 Comments business foundation, Business health check, Control and Certainty, Risk Analysis business health, business strength, business weakness, control, Strengthen your business, strong business

How To Get Your Business Back On Course

I speak a lot about needing to know if you are on course to achieve your goals and the importance of monitoring and reviewing progress. But what do you do if you find you have missed milestones and are not on course?

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April 14, 2015 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Strategic Thinking, Systems business flow, business health, Business risks, business strength, business threats, business weakness, missed goals, missed milestones, missed targets, risky business, struggling business, vulnerable business

3 Vital Questions to Ask Your Business Right Now

At the risk of sounding like a stuck record – it’s the end of March – where does the time go?

How do you feel? Are you excited about the year so far? Have you achieved what you wanted? Has progress taken longer than you hoped? Do you know?

If things aren’t going as you hoped then there is still time to do something about it. 3 questions will help you. I’ve also added an announcement at the end of this post, which will also help you.

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March 31, 2015 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Strategic Thinking, Strategy business health, business review, Business risks, business strength, business weakness, first quarter review, Q1 business review, quarterly review

Your Greatest Asset Is Also Your Biggest Risk

Your business is constantly at risk. Threats are all around and if you’re not prepared for them then weak and vulnerable areas will be hurt and your business could be knocked off the course it’s on.

Ironically, the biggest risk to your business is the one thing that it cannot do without – its you – its leader.

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March 24, 2015 Chris Briggs 1 Comment Leadership business health, Business risks, business strength, business threats, business weakness, failing business, leadership strength, risky business, strong leadership, struggling business, vulnerable business