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12 Steps to Implementing Anything in Your Business: Step Eight: Follow Up...Follow Up...Follow Up!
| Guest post by: David Flannery |
Article Overview: Getting something implemented in your business is a lot like moving a huge round boulder, it takes a lot of heavy pushing to get it going, but once it is moving it only takes the lightest touch to keep it momentum going. If you have followed the previous steps, you have already done the heavy pushing to get the implementation and execution of your project underway, now it just takes a light touch to keep it going.
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12 Steps to Implementing Anything in Your Business: Step Eight: Follow Up...Follow Up...Follow Up!
Getting something implemented in your business is a lot like moving a huge round boulder, it takes a lot of heavy pushing to get it going, but once it is moving it only takes the lightest touch to keep it momentum going.
If you have followed the previous steps, you have already done the heavy pushing to get the implementation and execution of your project underway, now it just takes a light touch to keep it going.
However, this is where most business owners/ managers make their first mistake. There are two scenarios you do not want:
1. A business owner/ manager that is heavy handed and control obsessed.
2. A business owner/ manager that is laissez-faire who just lets people do their own thing.
So, with that in mind, I am going to talk about what kind of effort is needed to keep, the momentum you have build, going. In other words, how light is a light touch that works?
The right touch is the effective follow up that reinforces and advances actual progress, and doesn't get in the way of you staff doing what you have already assigned them to do.
The 3 easiest and most appropriate follow up methods for small and mid sized businesses are:
1. One to one contact with staff/ team members.
2. Written progress reports.
3. Group progress meetings.
Each of these methods allows you, the business owner or manager to follow along with the progress of the project without getting in the way of your people doing their jobs. They also allow you to see where you need to make improvements and changes either in strategy or people.
Take note, all of the follow up methods above need to be consciously worked out before they are put into action, and choose the ones you and you team feel most comfortable with and will also give you the greatest amount of useable information.
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