One of the hardest things to face when growing your company is when a well-meaning staffer makes a decision- one you empowered him to make- that goes contrary to your well-conceived plan of action. As you grow the firm from two to 10 to 50 to 200 and beyond, this scenario is something that should be part of the planning processes.
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Time management for entrepreneurs and managers is a continual issue, because we tend to effect our management in a reactive fashion. One needs to develop systems to insure that crises don’t develop or are minimized. If you have a staff, this training is critical to insure that every issue is not something that requires a decision from you. One of the best ways to do this (either with your staff or for yourself) is to assume chaos and the unexpected will occur and do that planning with the 3P (sometimes called the PDR) process.
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