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We here at CLIP often refer to something we call Beach Management.  In essence, Beach Management means getting your business to the point where you can step away from the business for an extended period of time (imagine a hammock, white sand, blue water, and an umbrella in your drink) and the business can continue to run well.

The principles that flow out of a desire for “beach management” also directly apply to a business that wants to grow in volume.  One key to beach management and/or company growth is systems.  In order to grow your company from the size it is now, it is vital that you create a system-dependent company rather than a people-dependent company.

Consider the following questions:

Do you have people coming to you constantly asking questions about everyday business processes?

Are you having to train people over and over again on the same procedures?

If your office manager or receptionist quit, would your office become chaos?

Do you have different employees doing the same task yet getting very different results in terms of quality?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have room for improvement in your systems.  By systems, I mean a technology or a documented way of doing things that allows your company, as easily as possible, to get successful results every time.  Some examples of systems could be:

-  A software program such as CLIP that allows you to schedule your jobs once and have the program take care of the weekly scheduling.  (You’ve got this one covered!)

-  A set step by step process for doing a Spring Cleanup

            For example:  First trim bushes, then remove all leaves, then weed, then…).

-  A manual explaining all of the steps to complete your monthly billing. 

In an upcoming post, I will teach you to create a simple but effective manual for doing almost anything in your business.

Application Action:  Next time you walk into a successful business, think about all of the systems they have in place.  Take one idea from that business and apply it to yours.

P.S.  We don’t support CLIP on that computer anymore.