Business Issues

As a small business owner, there are times when you experience stress or at least sense a feeling of urgency when it comes to your business. I have been a small business owner for over 17 years and to this day I'm aware of the need to manage my stress and sense of urgency. Symptoms of stress can be anything from feeling anxious, not sleeping well, snapping at others, screaming, overeating, or overspending.

I'm going to be doing a whole series on stress. I want to offer some helpful hints and implementable strategies so you can deal with stress. Do you, as a small business owner deal with feelings of urgency or stress associated with being an owner?

Tune in today, Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 8 AM and 2 PM PST on https://amazingwomenofpower.com/radio/christina-suter/ to listen to the Ask Christina First Radio Show.

How do you invoice? How often do you charge your clients? How do clients get your product? How do you handle customer service complaints? The answers to all of those questions reflect your systems. Some of those systems may be invisible to you. The way you handle employee complaints may not have a conscious system; you may handle complaints by immediately talking to that employee or having them fill out a complaint form, and both of those are systems.

Systemic systems are hugely personalizable. Your branding comes out of your vision. Which business do you have? Running the systems in your business can be complicated and rewarding but they're worth looking into.

Tune in today, Thursday, April 23, 2020, at 8 AM and 2 PM PST on https://amazingwomenofpower.com/radio/christina-suter/ to listen to the Ask Christina First Radio Show.

What excites you every day? How are you making the world a better place? How are you doing it better than your boss did at the job you quit years ago. The art of balancing your work and your life is something in which entrepreneurs and sole proprietors must excel.

What is it that you care about?
What matters to you?

I was sitting in a meeting one day talking about parenting style and I realized that the topic was applicable for small businesses. Different types of managing styles are a lot like different parenting styles. The three styles they talked about, that want to talk about in terms of business are:

Your desire to be a good-hearted business owner might be thwarted by your sense of overwhelm or that you give your employees too much control over their schedule in the name of being understanding. Having the expectation that your employees will work as you, is not going to lead to you and them to having a satisfying relationship. Your employees rely on you to give them their paycheck and they count on you to be their boss; if you're overwhelmed, scared of not having enough money to pay them, etc. It's actually kinder to keep a sense of balance when it comes to conversations with your employees.

I recently spoke with my industry-colleague and good friend, Bruce Norris about what it took for him to break through from who he was as a young man to the guru he is today. Bruce is an active investor, hard money lender, and real estate educator with over 30 years of experience. he is the founder of The Norris Group and has been involved in more than 2,000 real estate transactions as a buyer, seller, builder, and money partner. Bruce has dedicated himself to understanding the economic field in southern California and it shows in his work.

I recently spoke with my industry-colleague and good friend, Bruce Norris about what it took for him to break through from who he was as a young man to the guru he is today. Bruce is an active investor, hard money lender, and real estate educator with over 30 years of experience. he is the founder of The Norris Group and has been involved in more than 2,000 real estate transactions as a buyer, seller, builder, and money partner.

Tune in today, Thursday, March 23, 2020, at 8 AM and 2 PS PST on https://amazingwomenofpower.com/radio/christina-suter/ to listen to the Ask Christina First Radio Show.

The basic topic of time management is really a conversation about tasks, not time. What tasks are you involved with? What tasks do you and your business need to get done? Tasks are part of time management as well as the systemic systems that move your business forwards. Time management affects leadership and employee management skills. Your management style needs to be flexible and work for you. Time management is a necessary and important part of your business; it affects your business culture.