How Fit Is Your Business?: A Complete Checkup and Prescription for Better Business Health [Paperback]

Treat your business like your body and get in shape today! As with health and fitness you must have a clear image of what business health is before you can ever hope to achieve it. How Fit is Your Business delivers simple and concise ways to take inventory of your business, develop plans for improvement, and implement the changes needed to succeed.

Included inside are the resources you will need to:
- Measure your business with a ten-point business check-up
- Interpret these results and establish benchmarks
- Determine specific areas where your business needs improvement
- Develop methodical, step-by-step processes for change
- Break down the misconceptions that could lead you astray
- Remove the mystery from the process of improvement
- Learn the basic tools to build a better, healthier business
- Measure progress and monitor success
- Set the stage for success in all of your business endeavorsMARK G. RICHARDSON is an author, speaker, columnist, and business growth expert. Mark has presented to thousands of business and sales leaders across the country. From construction to health care, manufacturing to retail, individuals from countless industries have found Mark’s wisdom relevant and delivery powerful. Richardson is a Fellow at Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies, lectures at MBA programs, and writes columns for Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler. Mark was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and is a member of NAHB’s Hall of Fame. Mark and his family live outside Washington, DC.Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Why a Fitness Checkup for Business?
What Is “Fit”?
Misconceptions of Business Fitness
Business Blindness
Introduction to the Checkup
Part Two: The Business Fitness Checkup
Knowing Your Numbers
Systems and Processes
Leadership
Team
Product or Service
Profitability
Reputation
Stress
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