Let’s crank it a little tighter – do YOU? The human mind is a marvelous thing. You think about your business, you dream about where you’d like to take it. You daily grapple with problems and improvements in your own mind. You’ve taken a lot of time to consider these issues, probably both at work and later at home. But is thinking about it enough? Many business owners are convinced they can achieve “freesults” – good results just by thinking about it. It doesn’t work that way.
Having considered it in your mind doesn’t guarantee:
- That you’ve actually re-aimed the business
- That you’ve implemented the change that addresses a challenge
- That you’ve actually dealt with an employee problem
- That you’ve brought about that change in managing your own life
OR - That your employees know anything about what you’ve been considering!
There are ways to tell if this is happening in your business.
- Have you ever asked an employee why something wasn’t done, and gotten a blank look in return? Have you followed that by pointing out that they should KNOW it needs to be done, only to get another ‘deer in the headlights’ look?
- Do your employees frequently seem frustrated