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Small-business owners often get caught up in the daily operations of their company - getting so involved they lose sight of why the business exists until it's too late - their business and personal life suffers. The Alternative Board® (TAB), an organization offering peer advice and business coaching to small and medium-sized businesses, has changed this in the lives of owners around the world with their Strategic Business Leadership® tool.
TAB's Strategic Business Leadership® (SBL) is different from traditional strategic planning because it impacts the business owner's personal life while creating a strategic focus on the business - and how the business can support the personal life the owner desires.
"Strategic Business Leadership® is a simple, non-intimidating and organized process, allowing you to really think about your life and business together," says Jason Zickerman, president of The Alternative Board®. "By strategically planning both your life and business life, you are helping to reduce wasted time by focusing on your goals that are consistent with your personal visions."
Strategic Business Leadership® is TAB's in-depth planning process, designed to help owners and entrepreneurs focus on forming an agenda for strategically living their life while running a successful business. In fact, says Zickerman, many business-owner members who've used the SBL process say it has changed their life."For example, we have members who realized they weren't enjoying the business because they were not comfortable leaving work for personal reasons," said Zickerman. "Many of them went into business for themselves in order to enjoy time with their children or grandchildren, but then got too involved in daily operations to the point they couldn't take time away."
The easy-to-use process was designed over 20 years ago and has since been continually modified specifically to meet the unique needs of privately held business owners. Because business owners, who may at one time have had a clear vision for their company, find themselves overwhelmed by organizational problems will find using the Strategic Business Leadership® as a process and allowing them to provide direction and meaning to their daily business operations. |
