Business Owners

Business Pulse Questionnaire

Some questions to ponder for the business owner

As globalisation and electronic commerce create significant change for local businesses, enterprise survival is becoming a national obsession. Organisations want the best and often are ruthlessly dismissing those who do not meet the grade. An ability to adapt to change, to empower staff and to be flexible and global in outlook are a few of the attributes required of the new millennium owner and executive. To address the issues to survive and thrive in the new millennium -

Ask Yourself these Key Questions -

Are your Personal and Business goals in alignment to avoid conflict between personal aspirations/values and business decisions?
Do you appreciate the business?
Are you professionalising Management flowing from a focussed Leadership?
Are you resourced and funding for growth and retirement?
Are you managing transition to future ownership?

Fundamentally are your Key Planning Areas:

Effective business planning consistent with your desired culture
Effective management systems – including setting financial benchmarks
Fitting the best people for the organisation
Growth strategies and margins
Dealing with competitors, customers & suppliers – negotiation & selling skills
How to market the business effectively – SWOT, Value Proposition & E-commerce
Transition, succession and exit planning incl. retirement from rather than to the business
Key staff career development, goal setting and ongoing accountability

You perhaps think all this is going exceptionally well at the moment. Have all the issues been ticked off? Can it be improved? Are you really prepared? Maybe re-appraise?

Are you prepared?

Business Pulse Questionnaire

The following confidential online questionnaire provides an initial assessment and should only take a few moments to complete. The questionnaire will enable us, in the first instance, to understand your situation better, and give you an opportunity to focus on where you are at the moment.

If you would prefer to complete a more detailed questionnaire as a word document and give us a call, go to the Resource Library.

1.	On a scale of 1 – 10, how stressful do you find running your Business? [1 - Absolutely no stress \| 10 - I’m going insane]
2.	How would you rate your Vision & Strategic Plan for your Business? [1 - None, we just go from day to day \| 10 - Everything mapped out like a freeway going where I want to be]
3.	In your own words, how would you rate your personal (not Business) Life Plan?
4.	How would you rate your skills and performance as a Leader? [1 - Not good at all \| 10 - Rather excellent
5.	How would you rate your skills and performance as a Manager? [1 - Absolutely hopeless \| 10 - Utterly fantastic]
6.	Is your Career & Personal development proceeding to a plan or on a needs basis ?
7.	On a scale of 1-10, how would you describe the level of Transition & Succession Planning in your Business? [1 - None at all \| 10 - Everything mapped out.]
8.	On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your success at: Finding the right staff for the right roles Developing your staff Keeping your key staff
9.	On a scale of 1-10, how interested would you be in being part of a Program dealing in: Business Leadership Business Management Vision & Planning Sharing Experiences in a confidential format
10.	If you consider you are managing too much in the Business, NOT managing the Business, would you desire to consider other ways and means of looking at things? Yes No
11.	If 'Yes' would you be happy to receive contact from our Chief Executive? Yes No

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