Succeed with ambitious resolutions

January has always been the time for New Year’s resolutions and, in business, we often do the same, considering the future and setting a strategy or business goals.

By Penny Jones, director, Penny Jones HR

1. Clear strategy: Spend time exploring the strategy. What is the purpose of the business, what are we trying to achieve, what does success look like for us, how will we go about doing it? The final outcome should be simple and memorable.
2. Supporting infrastructure: Ask yourself if the current business infrastructure supports the strategy. Consider everything from your production processes, business processes, IT systems, the buildings or locations, your suppliers and distributors.
3. People: Do your employees understand the strategy, can they explain how they contribute to the strategy and are they equipped with the right resources and skills to deliver their top performance. What would make them even better?
4. Review and renew: Evaluate whether the business is meeting the success factors. The environment and markets will continue to change therefore, it is important to keep revisiting the strategy and tweaking as necessary.
5. Seek support: It easy to get distracted away from the strategy with day to day tasks, ensure that you the right support and expertise to keep you focused.
6. Communicate: Clear and consistent communications to everyone is a key to success.