We recently talked about the drivers that creates business results, the next part is to ask what you are going to do about it? Your budget won’t just give you a monthly sales target, for example, it will help you quantify the drivers that will produce the result.
For example, if next month’s sales target is $120,000, that end-result figure is not your focus. Not on a day-to-day basis. Knowing the underlying drivers, your focus will instead become, for example:
Now you and your staff have a clear focus and are 100% accountable.
You can then decide to improve skills, or systems, or attitude, or all three!
As you can see, the power of the budget is in the process of preparing it, and then the budget itself is a tool to hold you accountable to the measurable indicators you’ve chosen.
To take more control of your business and its performance, get in touch to make a time to come in and see us. Depending on the size of your business, we might work out that a quarterly process might work best (and be the most feasible, cost-wise), or your business might be at a point where monthly or even weekly guidance would be ideal.
We look forward to helping you chart your course, helping to get a clear direction, and then keeping you and your business on course.
So to avoid drifting we’ll outline your options and your costs to provide you clarity. It’s as simple as a phone call or email to get started
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