The Entrepreneurial Alphabet
Towards the end of 2017, we did a series of Facebook Live videos that covered the letters of the alphabet with a slant to Entrepreneurship. With each letter, we looked at a different aspect of what it takes to become a successful business owner.
We have listed each video below for your viewing. Take time to watch each one and comment on the Facebook Page. For more information on what we have to offer or for new items on our programme this year, please consult our website: www.em-solutions.co.za
A: Attitude – attitude is important for business (watch video)
B: Balance – Balance is critical in finding time to invest in work, self and family time (watch video)
C: Collaboration – team and being able to work together is one key to success. (watch video)
D: Do + Don’t Do – every successful entrepreneur should know what they are good and do nothing else (watch video)
E: Engage – participate or become involved in. ( watch video)
F: Facts – We need to know the facts about business, your business and others to be a better leader (watch video)
G: Goals – Setting goals needs to be one of the most productive tools any entrepreneur uses in order to drive the business forward. (watch video)
H: Health – being healthy mentally and physically, leads to a healthy business (watch video)
I: Integrity – not a value, but the way values are applied (watch video)
J: Jail – Don’t be caught in your emotional jail. (watch video)
K: Kick Ass –be extremely good or impressive, excellent. (watch video)
L: Love – love what you do and do nothing else (watch video)
M: Money is one of the purposes of your business (watch video)
N: No – No, the positive answer (watch video)
O: Opportunity – always be on the lookout for new opportunities (watch video)
P: Problem – Defining a problem is the beginning of a successful business (watch video)
Q: Quality – not just for a good wine, quality needs to be a part of your values (watch video)
R: Rest – Take time to rest, relax and rejuvenate on a regular cycle to be ready for any new opportunities (watch video)
S: Strategy – every successful business has a working strategy developed by management. (watch video)
T: Team – team is about us and what we can do for the whole together (watch video)
U: Understand – seek first to understand before trying to be understood: stop and listen (watch video)
V: Validate – check, check and recheck everything: we call it validation (watch video)
W: Win-Win – always strive for a win-win or no deal scenario in business. It is an investment attitude (watch video)
Y: Yolo – You only live once – lit it with confidence and courage(watch video)
Z: Zero – is where we end up after all our lives plans and activities – but what type of legacy are you building to leave behind (watch video)
Action Model 6 Meltdown
Meltdown a disastrous collapse or breakdown, this is what the next video is all about.
Formula for success in 2018
With the start of a new year we have started with a new burst of energy and focus for the coming 12 months. We have also developed a new formula for success that will see our clients engaging with to ensure a solid strategic plan to give them the unfair advantage in the market space.
The formula focuses on and unpacks three critical areas of business. This used together with our Business Strategy planner that each client will get in January will no doubt become the focus of all future discussions and strategy into the future.
The formula 2018 Success = RI2 gives us the three critical areas of focus:
- Relationships
- Innovation
- Information
Each of these is broken down into a further three points to establish our mission and plan.
We have derived this formula through input from different sources, talks and books. We believe that the future is going to become more automated and processed driven through AI and AR. This leaves us to focus on the one pillar of business that can never be replaced by computers: Relationships. This is going to separate the successes from the failures in the future: those who can keep real relationships with their customers, staff and suppliers by offering one-on-one consultations and taking time to hear, no actually listen and understand people will gain loyalty and trust. This amounts to long-term relationships and business longevity.
Added to this is the requirement for information flowing into a business. The new book Outside Insights by Meltwater’s Jorn Lyseggen has been of huge inspiration in this area. He unpacks the difference between having information and being able to use this information to drive business expansion and market domination. A book worth getting and reading, twice.
The final focus area of the formula is Innovation. Innovation is and will continue to be a survivalist essential tool in business today. We love to play a little ahead of the curve and learn and lead our clients. Through the Cape Chamber’s Innovation Initiative we will be taking big steps in mapping out the Innovation Ecosystem in the greater Cape Town areas over the next few months.
Welcome to the future. It is going to be a great ride. Please join us at one of the following upcoming events:
Innovation Information session – 24 January
Game Changers Business Workshop – 22 February
Success Snap Shot of 2018
As we begin the journey into another year, we are prepping our team and tools to be ready and ahead of the game plan to bring you the necessary coaching and leadership you would expect from your business strategic coaching partner.
So what does 2018 look like? Your guess is as good as anyone else’s, but there are a few indicators that we are looking at to help understand the trends for the next 12 months. We will be keeping a close eye on these to watch for new developments in each area.
We will unpack some of these during this next week, but here is a short summary of some of them:
Health – We will see a huge leap forward on gene editing and anti-ageing moving into human trials. Also, polio and Diabetes type 1 will see new vaccines.
Space – If all goes well, we will see three countries get to the moon, asteroid exploration and two deep space missions launched to Mars and Mercury
Electric Cars – We will see the commercial rollout of new brands and mass production of electric cars
Fintech – Bitcoin and cryptocurrency will keep us entertained but watch out for AI as it drives investment management: good or bad, we will have to see
Environment – Icebergs, water, climate change and the debate will continue. The deep drilling through the earth’s crust will start once a safe location is chosen from three proposed sites
More on these in later posts.
We have also developed a new formula for success for 2018. This based on research and the above trends and developments. This formula we will be using to unpack our tools over the next quarter for both ourselves and our clients.
So here it is 2018 success = RI2
Welcome to the new year. We trust that it will be a success as we work together.
Action Model 5 Action
This video is about action. The word “action” means exerting pressure or force upon an object or one’s environment with the aim of getting the desired outcome.
Watch the video and learn more.