Spring Clean your Business - Shivani

 Spring is a traditional time to tackle tough cleaning projects at home. It is also a good time to clean up your business.

Tip 1: Make sure you are working on your business and not just in it. Review your business plan and take some time to look forward.

Tip 2: Tidy up time management. Go back and look at your diary for the past four weeks. Do a quick evaluation of how you could make your time more effective. 

Tip 3: Look at the output of your employees. Get them to measure how they are managing their time over a week and come up with 1 idea of something they can ‘delete’ from their responsibilities.

Tip 4:  Apply the 3D rule to tasks. The first D is for Delete. If you cannot delete them, go to the second D which is for delegate. If you cannot delete or delegate, move to the last D which is for just Do it!

Tip 5: Go back and look at what products and services you have sold in the last 12 months. Is there something that with concerted effort could be producing more sales?

Tip 6: Clean up your inbox. Go through your e-mails and delete the ones you no longer need. The other great way to spring clean it is to sort the e-mails by size and delete the larger files you no longer need. And don’t forget to back up!

Tip 7: Clean your work surfaces. Remove everything and dust or wash your desk or workspace.

Tip 8: File the paperwork, toss away old magazines and papers and clean out your in-tray. This will create space and make it easier to find things. Put the business cards you have collected into an electronic database and throw them out.

Tip 9: Update your website. Websites are an important part of your business brand.  If people are visiting your website, there is nothing less professional than seeing a website that is out of date and has not been maintained.

Tip 10: Spring clean your mind. Get outside and get some sunshine and take a walk or take up a sport or interest. I meditate regularly to de-clutter my mind so I can focus on the big picture. For our new CD “Meditation for Busy People’’, please look at
 

About Shivani:

Shivani was a senior manager for a large multinational company and unhappy in many aspects of her life, including her work-life balance. She made some decisions and took actions to move from corporate executive to the owner of her own successful business. Shivani is now a business dynamo with heart, vision, values and passion.

Passion@People is a thriving company specialising in the coaching of executives, small business and women.

Shivani is the author of Passion @ Work, business coach, international speaker, Fairfax small business columnist as well as the presenter of Risking It All a series about small business on SBS Television which attracted almost 2 million viewers.

To purchase Shivani's book or tapes, visit: http://www.shivani.com.au/online-shop/Products.aspx

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