MI•NU•TI•A
(mɪˈnu ʃi ə, -ʃə, -ˈnyu-)
n., pl.
The precise details; small or trifling matters.
We strongly encourage all the entrepreneurs we work with to go through our LifePlan retreat. Getting clear on the life they are intended to live is a crucial first step in having the clarity and conviction it takes to get their business working for them. Once they have their ideal life in clear focus, doing the work it takes to re-engineer their business to support that life becomes a foregone conclusion.
“To live a life without really taking the time to see what it is you were made to do and what is keeping you from doing it, that’s the common narrative. But to really know and get clear on my life’s purpose, that I’m made for something much greater than I realized is the truth that LifePlan has helped me lean into. The SummitTrek coaches are interested in one thing: for you to wipe the mud from your eyes, heal wounds, and help you see that you are more than you ever could’ve imagined.”
- Will
No one ever started a business to make it their life. They all had a plan to launch an enterprise that would serve their life, not the other way around. Many of the leaders we encounter say that their families/lives get the “rest of them” instead of the “best of them.” The best they can hope for is that one day they will sell their business and have the freedom to focus on what really matters.
Their involvement in the minutia of their business often has them missing out on the crucial details of their lives, overwhelmed by all the little things that fit together to build a business well.
A friend forwarded a great article from Inc. Magazine: 5 Steps to Creating a Self-Managing Company. We agreed with so much of what it said, but it inspired us to create our own steps from what we’ve learned through working with hundreds of leaders.
Go on a LifePlan retreat - Get clear on the life you were intended to live.
Establish your culture - Work to get powerful core values and a purpose to define the organization you want to run.
Build good meeting governance - Make sure teams are meeting and direct reports are getting clear direction and interaction.
Write a clear vision - Make sure everyone is on the same page about where the company is going.
Create an execution mindset - Make sure that there is a framework for creating and executing strategic initiatives and goals to achieve that vision.
Establish powerful dashboards - Self-managing requires that you and your leaders have the clear and important information necessary to run the company.
Document everything - Clear processes and procedures must be established.
Focus on organizational design - Create your org chart of the future and make sure every employee has a clear agreement about what their position entails.
This is all really simple, it just isn’t easy. We’ve got a simple roadmap that we’ve used to help companies with thousands of employees, partners, and even solopreneurs make this journey.
CONSIDER
Are you clear on the life you were created to live?
Does your business serve your life or the other way around?
How motivated are you to have your family/life get the “best of you” instead of the “rest of you”?