Micro-Manage Your Business…to the Max. Victory audio-book chapter 4
Micro-Manage Your Business…to the Max
Systems are designed to create a business that works…without you
Delegation with Systemization is Frustration. – Brad Miller
The timing of this episode could not be better.
The Audio Book version of Victory Goes to the Business with Superior Systems
This Chapter I am reading today is called – Micro manage your business to the MAX.
…More on that in a minute…
Just yesterday I was updating a system with our General Manager, Janine
In our company – Interior Plant Scapes we call tasks – STO’s
An STO is a task that has been “scrutinized, examined and inspected closely”
An STO is a Task on Red Bull!
Janine and I were taking the task of “plant ordering” and creating a NEW STO
The task is now elevated in importance and gets it’s own name – “The Plant Ordering Process.”
The HOW TO oF creating an STO is in itself a PROCESS. Get That! There is a Process for how to create a PROCESS
It is a documented process with Step By Step procedures
One of the STEPS in this process is called “The Expert Download PROCESS”
The expert download is the person in the company who knows the most about this particular chunk of work –
The Expert could be in any division of your company – Office Admin, Customer Service, Delivery and Installation…
But for this one it was Purchasing – specifically …….how to order live plants.
Purchasing is a Skill and ART of its own –
In this case the expert was me – I have years of experience and tricks and tips and knowledge of how to order plants.
Now as a business owner I have a choice…If I don’t want to do this TASK anymore – I have a choice
I can abdicate – I can walk away from it with all the years of expertise in my head – and say “Screw it, Janine, You figure it out!”
WOW, that sounds really stupid right? Right! But it HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
Or I can Delegate THE TASK.
The problem is that most Business owners THINK they have delegated – but they Have in fact abdicated – – – they have walked away from all responsibility.
Here is the Key to the whole Lifestyle Business Formula – – – if you want a lifestyle business – a business that works WELL in the hands of Others
…Where you have a Business and not just a job – – – here it is… Delegation without Systemization is Frustration.
That’s the work Janine and I were doing yesterday.
We created The Master Plant Chart – it took us 3 to 4 hours – using a Template…
Every plant, every pot size, my first choice Grower, 2nd and 3rd – target price – plant specs in height …. ALL THE EXPERTISE I HAVE FROM DECADES OF PURCHASING PLANTS
YES IT TOOK HALF THE DAY – – -BUT…NOW I AM FREE. I am Free of That TASK
I have Replaced myself with a system.
Now when Janine has to order plants – I don’t have to Micro Manage her – bc I have Micro-managed the System!
WOW – that just gets me pumped and excited – FOR YOU. If you’re listening, I hope that gets you excited.
Do that same Process with Each Chunk of your Business – and you’re not just FREE of the TASKS, you’re FREE of your Business
You are no longer a job-owner – – – You are a Business Owner. WOW
