Do you really need a business plan, you ask? Every business leader must take control of the design and implementation of the direction for their business. Don’t have time to put one together? Have one but feel it is too hard to follow? Is your business fast growing or in troubled times? Are you thinking of selling? Are you ready to transition to retirement? Make it easier for your staff to make key decisions. Follow our online template to quickly build and implement your strategy – less than 1 hour! 12Faces offers valuable insight into both the creation and the execution.
Conventional business planning methods often don't suit small business owners.But it is important to know where you're going and why, and that your strategy is sound.We have developed a planning system we think is better tuned to the needs and realities of small business.Let me outline the concepts of our...
24/7 Strategy Solution for Small Business
In a big business, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has the vital role of strategy coach and tracking what's going on and using that information to recommend future strategy.
Most likely, you are too small to afford a CFO on staff at the moment!
So you are...
Many people write about how to grow a business as though it was a single process; irrespective of the size and nature of the business. That's not the case. Different skills and priorities apply at each business size increment. Select your business's size from the following list for relevant 12Faces...
What Stage in The Life Cycle is Your Business?
Businesses go through various Life Cycle stages that reflect what you, the owner, want out of the business. Is your business starting up? Or, are you wanting to grow it? Maybe you want to slow down a bit and benefit from the...
Do You Really Need a Business Plan, You Ask?
Every business leader must take control of the design and implementation of the direction for their business. Developing a Business Plan is the first crucial step toward this. If are you selling your business, a different type of Plan is important to...
Adwords for Strategy
An alternative and very useful way to use Google AdWords is to test the viability of proposed new business directions on the internet. Properly used, AdWords can bring buyers to test pages where you are testing new products, methods, prices and any other variable that you are uncertain...
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Building a Sustainable Business
The 12Faces Mission is your Sustainable Business Success (SBS).Here we expand on our approach to establishing and maintaining sustainability in your business discussed in our Mission Description.Briefly, your business is Sustainable indefinitely if you have an acceptable income, acceptable workload and acceptable stress.We use the term "Ratchet"...
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Tune Your Business PerformanceLow Risk Steps to Ratchet Up Improvement
Big Leaps Forward are Part of your Business Success
Just as Important is Sustaining those Improvements
Our Ratchet System Ensures Best Practice
Improve Your Business at Your Own Pace and Direction
All Part of our Mission for Your Sustainable Business Success
Don't Slip Back. Our Ratchets...
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Dump Unworkable 3 Year Business Plans!
Most small business owners are hard pressed to know where they will be in 3 to 6 months; let alone in three years time!Why bother to build a 3 year plan when the one thing you can be sure of is that you will not hit...
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Business Owners are Busy People!
So we have developed a routine for getting more done faster using the "Work Smarter, not Harder" mantra.
This is our rapid introduction to what to do and how to do it to get you working smarter straight away.
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