The intention here is to remind you that we can all be the ones that show up for the Business we own, operate or manage.

Building a strong foundation in a business is more than just a shiny logo, a slogan or mission statement. It’s the founding principles, the leadership, vision, and action that help establish a businesses unique personality, which is a leading driver in differentiating your brand position within the market.

Do you remember WHY you started your Business in the first place?

• Did you have a goal you were trying to achieve when you originally created the concept of your business?
• Did you have a vision for how life would look when your new business took off?
• Did you start your business to pass it on to your children, next generation, or to positively impact your community?

Do you feel as if there is something holding you back from gaining the momentum you need to achieve what you set out to?

If we were take one guess, somehow whatever you think is holding you back is related to fear in a way.

Fear can prevent even the best business owners from taking the next step forward.

So how as business owners, how do we overcome that fear, and be the Leader our business needs?

Remember this is something every Business Owner faces, but we want to focus on how to not let it hold you back.

First, acknowledge what’s really freaking you out or stressing you out, about working through this next step in your business. Once you’re able to address what your actual fear is; then pick apart what is actually happening and reverse engineer how you can over come it.

Start by writing down what your days realistically look like now, what actions are you checking off your list each day, and in another column write down where you want to see your business in 6 months.

Be honest with yourself, and make your list of what you’re doing vs what you know needs to be done.

Every business owner has a starting point, and the goal they’re trying to reach. As your business grows, your goals grow.

Now in between those two continuous points, are what we call, the messy middle, the part that’s going to require you taking action, consistently over a long period of time, to gain the momentum your business needs to reach your goals.

By clarifying where your time is currently being spent and committing to the action steps that will help you reach where you want to be, is exactly what we’re talking about when we’re saying, showing up and being the leader your business needs.

Sometimes business owners spend too much time crafting the perfect strategy on paper, and don’t commit enough time and resources to take the action steps that are discussed in the strategy.

Gaining momentum… scaling a business… reaching your next level is going to require you show up, executing the right actions consistently, while simultaneously looking up and leading your business. 

Let go of actions that are no longer moving you to the desired result your trying to achieve, and LEAD your Business. 

Some actions that you took at the beginning stages of your business, year 1 -3 may no longer be needed at year 4-5, and as the leader of your business, it’s up to you to make that call.

Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs who show up as the Leader their Business needs typically do these three things:

• They are aware of what actions produce results, and spend their time refining those actions.
• They dive deep into the channels that help build relationships and transactional data.
• They continuously analyze the right customer data, learn from it, and tweak the plan to strengthen relationships and give a better experience to their customers and community.

This is what it means to show up for your business, and be the Leader Your Business needs!

Now the question is, what are you committing to, to be that Leader in Your Business?