Eliminating People Problems In Your Business
Mary and Ken own a plumbing business employing 9 other people. They used to always complain about how irresponsible their ‘boys’ were. They wouldn’t consistently fill in the correct paperwork . This caused many hours to be wasted by the two office girls and created issues on-site due to basic carelessness.
It was obvious that both Mary and Ken were ‘too busy’ that they overlooked the basics with their people. They did not communicate with them, hold regular meetings to discuss what was working well and how they can improve and there was no recognition and reward program.
Because of their lack of systems (the knowledge was in the 
heads of Mary and Ken), the staff were left to their own devices. There was no on-going training. The ‘boys’ were working in a disorganised and chaotic environment and they were following the lead of the owners.
By showing Mary and Ken how to free up their time and teach them valuable leadership skills, they were able to turn their business around. They implemented systems everyone could follow and spent regular time each week developing their team.
If business is doing well and you have a highly productive team… congratulations! If it’s not and you have people problems, then do something about it. Generally you’ll find that you’ve created the problem/s in various ways. You could be too disorganised and left your team to their own devices, hired in a hurry or hired the wrong people for the roles, not provided the right type of on-going training and development, you may have no reward and recognition program or you could be a ‘nice’ person who doesn’t know how to say ‘no’. And that’s just some of the common areas many business owners need to address.
Whatever has contributed to your people problems, you can improve your situation immensely once you identify the problems and then find out how to overcome them. If you need help, you can ‘do-it-yourself’ with our ‘Productivity and Profit Homestudy System‘ which will show you how to quickly reduce your people headaches so you can get on with running your business and getting the rewards you deserve. And if you know you won’t ‘get around to it’ or require much quicker results then consider getting coached. It’s amazing how fast you can improve your business when you have someone else to guide you and be accountable to. It’s the difference between going to a gym and working out yourself inconsistently or hiring a personal trainer to prescribe and help you implement a fitness program specific to your needs.
The Final Word
It’s your business, your time, your money and your health that can be greatly impacted when you constantly have challenges with your team. You decide what course of action to take, but whatever you do, don’t do nothing. You cannot afford to wait for things to happen. Be proactive otherwise you may find yourself in a situation where you’ll have no control over what may eventually happen if you do not improve your people problems.
When you have a team of competent and happy people working for you, being in business is so much more enjoyable and gives you the motivation to progress further.
About the Author: 
Lorraine Pirihi begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, The Productivity Queen, is Australia’s leading Productivity Specialist and creator of “The Productivity and Profit System TM” the complete one-on-one training program for solopreneurs and small businesses that shows business owners exactly how to work less and earn more! To receive your F.R.E.E. CD & Report “3 Steps to Dramatically Reducing Your Workload and Stress While Maximising Your Profit$! ($77 value) go to http://www.productivityqueen.com
