Over the next 8 blog entries I will describe the GREAT 8 activities in creating a peak performance business.
SWITCH ON
Switch on to your people, your business, your market and your industry better than anyone else. Switching on means putting important knowledge front of mind, it means becoming a student of the game. The things you need to know about, and what you need to know about them, are always right in front of your face – you just don’t see them until you switch on. Here is an analogy for you: when you want to buy a new car and you know what you want, you actually start to see plenty of those cars on the roads. They were always there but now you see them because you are switched on.
Switching on takes practice. It requires you to keep a journal with you at all times so you can make notes about your observations and the ideas that come from them. Once a month also write notes about each of your staff or team so you create an on-going commentary for yourself about these important people who make your business tick. You can revisit these notes at performance review times and when coaching your team.
Read the newspaper about the economy, your market and your industry. Read your industry magazines and websites. Learn everything you can so you are switched on to how to do business better than before. Write important things down in your journal.
The key thing to understand about switching on is that you should never try to switch off – it is mentally impossible. You can only switch on to the next thing. When you go home from work you will not be able to switch work off, but you will be able to switch on to your home, your children, your sport or community activities. As you switch on to one activity, everything else takes a rest.
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