“Deliver Your Value Proposition Artfully”.
Work on you business
Our experience in business have revealed a worrying pattern. It is not only one we encounter at most clients, but also one in which we find ourselves quite often. That is that the business’s leadership is so deeply immersed in the day-to-day intricacies of operations that there is little to no focus on orchestration, building for the future and navigating strategic risks.
Building a business that carries a greater purpose necessitates a fine mix of efficient operational execution and strategic direction. In simple terms, we have to work on our businesses and not just in our businesses.
This special breed of leadership challenge arises when they find themselves submerged in the daily grind, often oblivious to the untapped potential their businesses hold or the risks it faces.
“Hold on”, I hear you say. “Who will do all of these things if I don’t” (see our “Stop the Solo Symphony” blog – https://slightlyskew.com/2023/11/01/business-owners-do-you-just-feel-to-do-things-yourself/ ). No formal business can escape the responsibility for certain tasks such as being compliant to the financial, tax and, legal frameworks laid down by law of the country or region.
In the case of financial compliance, many business leaders know they are not financial experts, and so they they are forced to either employ or contract financial expertise in order to comply. Businesses have to record every single financial transaction against an account in the chart of accounts, designed (architected) for that business. This wealth of data facilitates management and financial reporting. While these reports offer valuable insights into the transactional realm of the business, it lacks some crucial aspects such as employee engagement, customer loyalty, capability alignment, business desirability, work balance, and process efficiency, to name a few.
This shows that every business consists of many components and that they impact each other. Without a structured business design these components will not work together in harmony and so, your business won’t be firing on all cylinders. To craft an extraordinary business you want to combine the science of business with the art of business – moving away from delivering mediocre products and services.
The call to businesses are to, just as they acquire financial expertise, they must acquire the services of business design experts. There are many methodologies and management tools available but unfortunately many of them are developed specifically for the corporate world and is generally too expensive and too clumsy for the small to mid-sized businesses. That’s where we come in. Through our unique business crafting method SlightlySkew, we can codify the extraordinary and transform your business into a machine that continuously delivers on its purpose.
