How will you get there and know you are on the right course?

Heading down through France with the family in tow, towards a site in the wonderful French countryside, lead me to thinking about a previous blog What is Your Vision?.

With vision you know you are on the right road. With vision you know are travelling in the right direction. There may be diversions along the way; different means, routes and challenges but the destination is the same.

In business a vision of what the business is and needs to achieve, linked in with clear goals (Financial, operational, organisational, team and cultural), will help prepare us to adapt to change when it happens as in invariably does.

Now Sat Nav is all well and good but sat nav does not give you landmarks or things to look out for that let you know you are, actually, heading in the right direction.

Turn Left, Turn Right, Continue.

Was that the correct Left turn, could we have missed the Right one. Continue for how long? (Until someone or in this case something tells you to change direction).

So I decided to plan my route how I would a business plan. For the sake of this example. I bought a Map. It tells me the roads, the local area information, landmarks all things that build my confidence in the route I am taking and that I will arrive at the right place in the time I have allotted.

What I am saying is use your vision for your business like a road map, don’t blindly follow other peoples direction and advice, although advice should be take on board, Take a step back and look at the options along the route that fill you with confidence that you are doing the right way and will get where you want when you want.

A fabulous holiday with the family with sunshine and refreshment.