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Overcoming "ADD" in Business

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Scattered time and attention is one seductive but ineffective way to run a business How can a business owner free themselves from the nonessential and focus on result driven behaviors?

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Overcoming "ADD" in Business

Focus as it Relates to Business Success
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Attention deficit disorder

is the result of a chemical imbalance
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which interferes

with focus and completion of tasks.

It's quite

curable....

Likewise,

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can be divided,

business owners

Are you making phone call, doing email blasts, and unnecessary paperwork

performing tasks they should be delegating.
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on your leadership team?

you can delegate to an assistant or someone
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By being more focused,

and exercising your expertise...
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you are bringing excellence to your business

and growing revenues.

A client of mine

was an owner/principal of a school.

For years, he

I was called because he was on the cusp of burn out.
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had his hands in every

activity, performance,and meeting
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at the school.

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Additionally,

you could regularly

find him at the school on the weekends doing eight hours.
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worried and incensed.

His leadership team was...
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He was negative,

critical and he was complaining about 
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insomnia, deep fatigue and other stress symptoms.

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Thinking that if he did things, it would be done right,

the truth was that he was dropping the ball 

and produced

substandard work.

The staff worried because the principal was showing extreme signs of stress.
They were incensed because they were capable.

The goal?

To get the principal to delegate...
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resulted in...

We worked on limited beliefs that in time
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working his expertise

and better performing his job duties.
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Moreover,

Dignity

was restored to his staff...

They were

using their strengths and bearing the responsibilities 
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which meant

there was more motivation to reach the objectives of the school.

running at it's best.

that kept the school
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Because of that

change...

the principle

achieved a life/balance

and the staff felt more buy-in

towards to the school.
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Create a list of your duties at work.

Prioritize. Which activities can you
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Train them until

give someone on staff.
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they do your former task at least 80% as

well as you.

Focus on your expertise

that brings in business
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and watch

the quality of the business soar

and increase revenues.

as you attract more customers
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Rosalind Henderson, rosalindhenderson1@gmail.com