Don’t Stick By Outdated Plans

planAs your business evolves, the original master plan you came up with grows obsolete and needs to be replaced. New technology, changes in competition, and unforeseen situations cause processes that made sense when you started break down. Things that seemed simple become complex, inefficient, and time-consuming. Rebuild and simplify your processes to refocus your efforts.

  • Focus on the big picture. Cut any systemic practices that have outgrown their usefulness. How you accomplish your goal is less important than what you are accomplishing. If an outdated process is making it more complicated to reach that goal, get rid of it. Just because you have always done it one way, doesn’t mean that is still the best way.
  • Delegate. It may have been logical to do everything at the beginning. As you move closer to your goal it makes sense to bring in people with expertise to take over parts of the project. Have others oversee individual areas to speed up the process.