Every business owner experiences problems and frustrations (bottlenecks). A bottleneck is anything that prevents us from achieving the results we desire. It may be jobs that go over budget, insufficient leads, poor performance, equipment that is forgotten, etc. Problems and frustrations seem to go with the territory. 

What if you could magically make your 3 biggest bottlenecks go away? What if you suddenly didn’t have to deal with the 3 biggest headaches in your business? How much better would your life, and your business, be? 

I’m not a magician, and I won’t claim that the process is easy. But I suspect it’s a lot easier than you might believe. If you dedicate yourself for 30 days, you can likely eliminate or greatly reduce your 3 biggest bottlenecks. 

The key is to have a process. And that process involves several relatively simple steps:

1.       Identify the bottleneck

2.       Identify the cause

3.       Identify the actions that will eliminate or prevent the bottleneck

4.       Write a detailed list of the steps involved

5.       Train and implement those steps 

We can’t assume that our employees, vendors, or others will do things the way we want or desire. I used to think that they should and then I realized that I had never told them. I’m not a mind reader, so why should I expect anyone else to be? 

If you want your employees to perform their tasks a certain way, you need to tell them. More than that, you need to write it down, so everyone is in agreement and understands.