Growing From a Team of Me to a Team of We

Posted by JuJuan Buford @JSBUFORD

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The complaint is tried and true.The job market. The candidates. Nobody wants to work, and everybody sucks. And some of the aforementioned may be true, however, none of the complaints are going to solve your problems. So, what will? 

Clarity of purpose, accountability systems, and priority management.

I spoke with a handful of business owners in quick succession this past week - home health care, massage business owner, and a network marketing entrepreneur - who all shared with me that they ultimately don’t have enough time, and there are not enough good people out there, and this is preventing them from scaling their businesses And after listening, I asked each one of them the following questions…..

#1. Why does your business exist beyond generating a profit, and who do you want to serve? 

All of them had great origination stories, which was fantastic because most people are so busy trying to get the bag, they never stop to ask the question, why should anyone have any type of long term emotional or financial attachment to my business? In other words, how are you changing or enhancing your patrons’ lives? 

Why is this question important? People who are passionate about or believe in the benefits of life insurance, make the best insurance agents. People who love and appreciate the Mercedes Benz brand make the best Mercedes sales professionals. People who have had their lives enhanced by professional development or have had their lives changed by seeking psychological therapy tend to be the strongest marketers and advocates of these services. 

If your staff isn’t aware or never had the opportunity to buy into your compelling vision for your business, why are they showing up beyond a direct deposit? Mercenaries are not going to show up early, or stay late to fulfill the imperatives of your business. On the other hand, history of chock full of examples of soldiers, athletes, and professionals who perform extraordinary feats for a cause or a mission that inspires passion. 

When I ask most business owners who do you want to serve, most respond with some general response amounting to any and everyone who likes my stuff, and can afford to pay for it. But that doesn’t really answer the question. Almost every successful business owner I know was trying to solve a problem or serve a need - theirs or someone else’s - when they launched. There was a specific person, persons, or character that they were focused on serving. There was a problem that needed solving. 

For example, I just interviewed an aspiring cannabis micro-business owner who was inspired to begin her entrepreneurial journey, because of her mother and people like her mother who had been suffering from stomach nausea and acute joint pain. She introduced edibles to her mother in desperation because the narcotics weren’t working. And a month later, the nausea was practically gone, and the joint pain became much more bearable. Before then her mother and many of the other elders she knew were pretty much sequestered to their living and bed rooms because of the severity of their ailments. The story of her mother’s recovery spread like wildfire, and now people are lining up at her door seeking relief. 

Solving the chronic pains of the elderly and liberating them from the limitations imposed upon them because of illnesses is the reason why her business exists. And her target market or ideal client is crystal clear. As she prepares to launch and scale her business, how beneficial (cost effective and efficient) will it be for her staff -specifically the marketing and sales professionals - to be able to identify and focus the lion's share of their marketing, advertising, and engagement upon an audience that is looking for her solutions; don’t need need to be convinced or sold; can afford her products; and are willing to patronize her without delay? 

Can you imagine how much more efficient, empathetic, inviting, and aware her staff will be? This is huge. Your partners, staff, and vendors need to know what your expectations are, and be able to immediately zoom in on your target market in order for you to maximize your investment in them. Everyone needs to understand the correlations between the health of your business, how happy your clients are, and their paychecks. 

#2. What are your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)? 

I’d estimate that 90% of new entrepreneurs and the super-majority of business owners who are struggling with scaling are not aware of their KPIs. If you’re not aware of them you can’t teach them, duplicate them, nor hold people accountable to them. 

Knowing your KPIs is where the predictability is found in your business. It is where your time freedom is found. It allows you to focus on being a CEO (creating environments of opportunity), allowing you the space to lead, grow, and work on your business as opposed to in it 24/7. You can’t build a high performing sports team without accountability. You can’t raise a child without accountability. You can’t accomplish anything worthwhile involving people absent accountability. 

When you’re starting out initially you’re developing habits, insights, and an understanding of what specific tasks, procedures, and metrics are required in order for you to secure, serve, and attract new clients. It becomes your modus operandi or part of your DNA, and you begin to operate on autopilot. Everything becomes common sense. But it’s not. 

At some point - ideally from the start - you must document every step that is involved in the attraction, onboarding, serving, and duplication of your ideal buyer persona. You have to give your new employees a track to run on, and your cataloging of these steps must be meticulous. Afterwards, identify the steps or metrics that are the most predictive of successful outcomes. Once you’ve identified the key performance indicators things become very simple. If you’re not getting the results you desire, your team isn’t doing something right, or they’re not doing something enough. 

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JuJuan Buford is a CEO, Co Founder serial entrepreneur, writer, and public speaker. JuJuan started his career in the banking and investment advisory industry, and transitioned into business ownership and is enjoying entrepreneurial success in multiple industries: business coaching, real estate wholesaling, direct selling, business technical assistance provider, ghost writing, and publishing. 

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