Richard Oram

Join Business Doctors, the HR Dept and Joshua Jacob at our free seminar - "Protect your Business, Grow your Business". In Matlock on Thursday 11th April, 10:30-13:30, with free networking and a light lunch included. The link to register is below. bit.ly/2tR2yG4

It was a pleasure to get the opportunity to talk to such a great group.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 It's the ideal time to reflect on our business and our goals and celebrate success with our teams, with friends and family, ready to go again next year. Sharing your vision and recognising hard work is a fantastic way to get engagement.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 Finding time to do all of the things you want to do as a business owner is probably the most difficult thing to achieve. Here are a couple of tips that should help.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 Keeping your vision and goals in your consciousness can be tricky. Find ways to remind yourself and reinforce what you are trying to achieve; posters on the wall, screensavers, phone lockscreens and so on are all great ways to do that

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 Let's think about your key relationships, your credibility in the network of people you work with and how that will influence achieving your business goals. What will you do to up your game in your circle of influence next year?

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 One way to make your business more effective is to make it sellable. It then becomes independent of individual employees, customers or suppliers, giving the owner freedom of choice as to what to do. This is avoiding 'the owner's trap'.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 Find your EDGE - this is the thing that can differentiate you in the eyes of your customer and give you some long-term competitive advantage. Do you know what your EDGE is? What are you doing to keep it that way?

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 Know your customers. Work out which ones are your most valuable, not just based on spend. Ask how you can add more value and find ways you can do more for existing customers. All important things to build upon for that step up in 2019.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 Here's the next video aimed at helping the busy business owner looking to make a difference next year. How well do you know your market? Great knowledge will help you focus your growth efforts to where you can get the most advantage.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 A vision that reflects your ambitions is a must have, but is it SMART? Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic or Relevant, Timebound. What are your SMART goals for next year?

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 A plan that reflects your aspirations, takes your opportunities into account and helps you make good decisions at the right time will make a massive difference to your success.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 Values are Important - understanding how your personal values are reflected is super critical for your business. If your customers resonate with them, they are a fantastic way of creating a point of differentiation.

12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019 This is the first of a series of twelve short videos aimed at the busy business owner looking to make a difference next year. Be Selfish - do you take the time to think about what your business should be doing for you?

As Christmas approaches, "12 Steps to Improve Your Business in 2019", seemed an appropriate theme. We can learn a lot from the approach of millions of small children who already know the best way to make sure they achieve their ambitions at this time of year. What are you doing?