Fail Forward Fast - The Innovation Secret

Everything is changing - technology, regulation, transportation, competition, speed, convenience and capability.  And the biggest change are your client's expectations.  Yesterday's "good" is poor quality tomorrow.  

So even if you maintain what you do even for a short time you are going to be out done by others shortly.  Entire industries evaporate at light speed - think of cameras which were historically i.e. till 2012 bought for their specific function are nearly extinct and incorporated into your smartphone that also connects you to the internet, allows to conduct business and make calls.

What got you here won't last long.  The only offense is rapid "innovation" that continually delights your clients.  Rapid innovation requires changing your philosophy about trying stuff and finding quick cost effective ways to deliver delight.  

In work gathered by In Search of Excellence author Tom Peters he's found that the simple formula is get out there and try stuff.  Try lots of stuff and know that there are going to be failures in order to discover what will work faster.  

For many this process inhibits them because of the fear of loss yet without this constant exposure to your clients feedback you'll be usurped by the others often not even a competitor you know about today and likely from a totally new industry who will try.  Thus, an attitude of "rewarding excellent failures and punishing mediocre successes" will be come your new mantra. Your willingness to embrace innovation directly impacts your future profitability, productivity and viability.

Want help rethinking innovation into your mindset and creating an environment where individual and team initiative is supported, then let's talk.  Key is youThat's what I do...we'll discover what it takes to work this way while delighting more clients faster.

Call me at ph:  972 291 5566 or eM:  StephenMarino@ActionCOACH.com

Entrepreneurs Find Happiness When Can They Take the Initiative

Business owners how much of your time is spent reacting, responding and/or initiating revenue generating activities?  

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If the answer was too much reacting, some responding and very little initiating then I can probably surmise productivity and profitability are negatively impacted.  

When you’re reacting too much...you’re consumed with the day-to-day events attempting to make the sale, make the product and make the delivery to develop a solid business base.  You work hard because the systems and people are not capable without you.  Thus, you’re the limiting factor to your growth.  

Assuming you’re able of responding because you’ve gained experience and productivity to deliver, your time is consumed because it’s labor intensive.  Again, you're limiting growth.

It’s only after you have customers, systems and team delivering can you initiate actions to grow predictably.  At this point, you have choices because you’re earning money and you have control of your time.  In essence, it's only when you can take the initiative are you feeling happy.    

Happiness = Initiative

If you’re feeling too much of your time is spent reacting and responding resulting in stagnated growth then let’s have a conversation on how to gain back the initiative. You deserve it. Let's get started...

Call me at ph: 972 709 6776 or eM: StephenMarino@ActionCOACH.com

Blue Bonnets Bring Smiles

Surrounding you and your clients there is beauty.  As I leave my front yard or travel to Burnett, Texas or run with my dogs this time of year has Texas Blue Bonnets blooming, these beauties will make anyone's day brighter.  

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Business Owners - Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing Means Profits and Productivity

Business owners how large a gap is there between what you know should be done vs. reacting to the interferences of the day?  Yes, the daily interferences that humble most owners causing them to exceed expense budgets, tolerate misaligned employees, accept ineffective systems, or fail to delight customers.

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By allowing these interferences to cumulatively add up, you risk being forced to either give up or burn out.  

It's tough eliminating these interferences.

So how do you turn this around?  Let’s talk. Let's sit down for an hour or two and have a conversation that assesses where you are today, what's working, where are the shortcomings, where are the opportunities and specifically what strategies will close the gap. I call this the business "diagnostic conversation."  

As a business owner, operator and coach with 15 yrs experience, I share with you how to minimize time, team, money and system interferences that get in the way of predictable increasing profits and productivity.  

What's most exciting about this conversation is that we'll be able to quantify the percentage increase expected in customers, revenues and profits. Now we're both in a position to assess what direction to take. I can see whether I can help you and you can see whether coaching moves you forward faster than you could otherwise.

I'm so confident that if you don't walk away with at least half a dozen specific implementable ideas to improve then I'll donate a meaningful dollar amount to your favorite charity in your name.

Let’s have the conversation that results in the actions to close the gap between knowing and doing.  You deserve it.  Let’s get started...

Call me at ph:  972 709 6776 or eM:  StephenMarino@ActionCOACH.com