Topic: Scaling a Business
Answer: Undoubtedly the way we would approach this is by opening your minds (and those of your people) to think creatively about the challenge. Set up a ‘brainstorming’ meeting with you and any of your staff present and tell them that this is to simply explore ideas to grow the business – and nothing is off limits. Nothing that will be said will be immediately agreed as the way forward, but you want them to play a part in your planned growth. Get a flip chart set up and get someone to scribe any ideas that come out then ask the group the question – example ‘What would we need to do to double our profits in the next two years’. Write up anything that is mentioned – no matter how ‘silly’ it may seem and over a process of elimination hang on to the best ideas. If this meeting is run correctly, we can guarantee that you will have some good ideas that you have not thought of!