One of the quickest way to self-sabotage your business is to attempt to grow without a plan or goals. Most businesses aren’t accidents—that’s to say they don’t happen without intentionality or direction. Of course, there are a few other factors that self-sabotage your business success. How do you avoid or overcome them? It’s simple, really—you look at the root cause and take the steps to prevent it from happening to you.
Tip #1: Have a well-thought-out, evolving plan.
A strategic plan provides an overview of your strategy and goals. It ensures the realization of your vision for the future. It plays an essential role in staying grounded and focused. When done right, it assists you in overcoming some of your self-sabotaging behaviors, like confidence (both over and lack of), failure to control your costs, unstructured expansion and more.
The key is to take time to create your plan, and go deep with developing the core business elements needed for success.
For the most successful small businesses, the strategic plan is an ever-evolving document. They frequently and regularly reevaluate and amend it to reflect the current happenings within their business.
The sky is the limit, especially when aiming for manageable and reachable stages.
Tip #2: Research tools needed to operate efficiently and effectively.
Knowledge is power. The more you stay up-to-date with the business tools you’ll need to operate efficiently, the better chance you have of preventing traps of self-sabotage traps.
Not only are tools continually changing, the needs of your clients, and their expectations, fluctuate. Keeping your current clients engaged while attracting new ones is your primary goal. Do you know how to balance that delicate equation?
What are buyers looking for currently? How do they generally prefer to buy services such as yours? Webinars, Google hangouts, and workshops within your business community keep you connected to what’s trending and how it can be utilized to stay relevant as you grow your business. (Plus, we would be amiss if we didn’t invite you to subscribe to our blog to keep you informed.)
Tip #3: Communicate and collaborate.
Everyone who works with your business play a vital role in your business becoming and maintaining success. Feedback is crucial to ensure all parties involved with your business, including service providers, are aligned with your goals.
- Make sure you are openly willing to communicate. Role modeling starts with you.
- Provide opportunities for everyone to share ideas, accomplishments, and experiences.
- Be transparent with your expectations. Set clear guidelines and goals.
- Let your team know what is working, and direct them to continue those behaviors.
- Host team-building efforts. Not everything needs to be about business—it can also be about strengthening the teams within it.
- Allow others to air grievances safely to promote a collaborative, product work environment.
Tip #4: Accept guidance.
Many have trudged the road to successful business practices before you. There are also those who make it their mission to guide companies in the right direction. Trust me, you don’t need to know everything there is to know about running a successful business before it actually happens. Learn from those around you.
Invest before it’s too late! Engaging a business coach is one of the soundest business activities to preempt problems and stop self-sabotage.
Are you ready to overcome self-sabotaging behaviors and grow your business?
