How To Concentrate On Activities To Boost Revenues

Business Coaching Houston To Carry Out The Apprenticeship Plan

I worked on many tasks. And I was on fire. It happens everyday in business. 

I worked first on tasks that gave me the most joy. 

But I didn’t spend time to think if they also made me money. Immersing myself in them made me forget time. 

I got great results when I spent time on the work I loved.

I asked myself: “How can I do more of what I enjoy, yet make money doing it.”

That’s when I stumbled into the secret. It’s the best-kept secret. It helps convert time to money. It brings major value to small business owners quickly. 

I call it “The Apprenticeship Plan”. 

At once, one would ask: “Who is an apprentice?”

The answer: An apprentice is someone who learns from the expert of a trade or skill.

See picture above. Remember the time you were a kid. Perhaps, your dad taught you to ride a bike. It was your first time. 

You were the apprentice then. Your father was the expert.

As a successful business owner, you are the expert in managing your business. I mean expert in the tasks in your business.

So how does a business owner carry out an Apprenticeship Plan?

Make a list of all tasks each hour of the day in your business. Next mark the tasks that are creating revenues. Third, check tasks that you enjoy, which also make the most money.

Now you’re ready to develop your team to take over tasks from you. 

I mean the tasks that don’t make money but are necessary for business.

Prepare an organization chart, if you don’t already have one. It will show the reporting layout. Then list your tasks on it––as the business owner.

Group your tasks by its fun and moneymaking value. Now, you choose the ones, which are fun and also make money. Rest is ready for transfer. 

See who is most suitable for the remaining tasks. Then assign each task to the right person. That person takes the role of “apprentice”.

Our coaching will take you and your apprentice through 4 stages of skill transfer. In the final stage, the apprentice does the task. You’ll watch him or her do it.

Follow these steps. And you will discover the secret to boosting your business revenues. And now you can do it much easier than before.

Written by Suresh Iyengar, P.E., President, Business Unit Execution LLC––“Explosive Business Coaching Houston Results For Small Business”. Want faster results? Are you ready to learn? Call 281.410.5375 and speak to your Profitability Coach Houston today!

Want even faster results? You can get this Amazon EBook: Using Apprenticeship To Boost Revenues

WRITE DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

Make each employee write the tasks he or she does each day––step-by-step. Create a manual. Let’s call it the “Education Manual”. 

In it, describe the work. Add videos or pictures. It will increase accuracy of work each employee does. We’ve tested this method. It works. It does increase accuracy.

UNDERSTAND WHY TO USE AN EDUCATION MANUAL.

Having an Education Manual is like using “Google Maps” to drive somewhere. It can change every day. But you go to it so you find the fastest way to get there. 

Now, Google maps update based on traffic. 

Similarly, each employee has to update the manual. Without the update, it’ll take you where you don’t plan to go.

It’s important to keep it online. Then each employee could update it regularly. And many could do it simultaneously.

Many tasks small business owners do become unique.  

Having an education manual gives people the chance to take over when the business owner isn’t there. And when the business still needs to finish work for its clients.

ORGANIZE THE GUIDE THAT WORKS.

Organizing every step allows the small business owner to delegate work. 

An Operations and Training Manual will make this possible. 

For consistent and efficient work, organizing will remove the need for more people. And still let the business owner finish work on time.

Such an education manual saves time, energy and money.

Use a task list, which has all work a small business does––management, research, sales, marketing, accounting, finance, legal, manufacturing, purchasing, shipping, accounts receivable and accounts payable.

Once the team writes the tasks, they rank them. Next, they enter them in the manual. 

For the business owner to delegate low ranking tasks, they must be in the manual.

It helps team members if they write down tasks. 

Creating a full manual could take weeks or months. Once the small business has one, it becomes easy to detach the business owner from daily tasks people do.

Do these 3 steps. And you’ll be creating employees who produce results instantly––every time!

Written by Suresh Iyengar, P.E., President, Business Unit Execution LLC––“Explosive Business Coaching Houston Results For Small Business”. Want faster results? Are you ready to learn? Call 281.410.5375 and speak to your Profitability Coach Houston today!

Want even faster results? You can get this Amazon EBook: Using Sharp Education Creates Sharp Employees