Problems with transforming your business

You've worked hard to build your business which is profitable and delivering reliable results. But your staff rely on you being there and your customers want to deal mainly with you. You'd like to take more time off, think about starting a new business or just sell up and retire. You need to move your business forward from being owner centric to team focused where each of your people has the skills, motivation and focus to drive forward the business and not constantly look to you for guidance, decision making, dispute resolution and reassurance. But how can you achieve that?You need to put in place systems, to build resilience into the business, control costs, maintain the quality of your products and services and to ensure that all your team and stakeholders know, understand and have confidence in your business, its ability to deliver consistent products, services and results. But where do you start? One of life's inevitabilities is that you will want to change your relationship with your business. You may decide it's time to sell up and maximise the value of your business. You may just want to take more time off or work part time. You may want to start a new business. You may want to pass the reins over to one of your family or your team. But how do you break free?

Square pegs in round holes? Negativity holding you back? Some team members not taking responsibility or just never seem to see the bigger picture?

Feeling overloaded as your team pass difficult issues to you? Worried some team members are showing signs of stress?

Feeling frustrated your team are not as committed as your are? Struggling to motivate them?

Are your team stuck in the past or like things to stay just as they are? Reluctant to embrace new technologies or ways of working?

Do you have key employees whose illness or loss would have a big impact on your business? Does your business revolve around you being there?

Don't know where to start with developing a system? Overwhelmed with which technology to choose? AIl a mystery?

Team members ignoring the system and doing things "their way"? Unrecorded changes being made to the system to suit the team rather than you? 

Mistakes costing you money? Lack of team accountability? Good systems take waste and inefficiency out of your business and help you give customers what they want every single time.

Is your business ready to sell? Is your business worth what you need to retire? Does your business have a value without you?

Would your children like to take over? Have you done succession planning? What about a staff buy out and the taxation implications?

Are you driven to focus more on your business and take it in new directions or start a new business? Are you still hungry for success?

Would you like to spend more time on charitable work? Or do you want to get out and spend time on your hobbies, travelling and with your family? What's your exit strategy?