Moms are the best, aren’t they? They seem like they can do anything at times. They have super powers of being able to make anything happen, but really, they are masters of the business strategy and implementation. There are many factors to running every business. So many tasks and things to do to stay above water (also very familiar with being a mom) that sometimes it is hard to really to take your latest greatest ideas and turn them in to a profit. Simply, that is exactly what strategy and implementation is: taking your brilliant idea and finding a way for it to make you money. Mom may not be making a profit, but she is the master of building a strategy and implementing it to make sure it happens.
Mom makes business strategies and strategic implementation really easy to understand. Strategy is the plan. This is what you want to do and how you are going to get there. Implementation is the process of taking that plan and making it work. These two go hand in hand. A plan doesn’t do any good if you don’t have mom there to make sure it is followed through with.
Here is how to look at a well-run strategy that is fully implemented by mom.
Think of a mother trying to plan a family vacation. She develops her plan. She knows what she wants to do: She wants to take the family to Disney World. Now she does her research. She decides when she wants to go, she is going to get a house sitter and dog walker arranged to take care of everything while she is gone. Mom does her research on costs: airlines, hotels, rides, foods, souvenirs, movies, junk food, snacks, meeting the princesses, breakfast with Goofy, a couple’s massage, etc. Mom thinks of all the goodies that will make everyone in the family happy. She makes sure that the husband has the time scheduled off work. She buys the motion sickness medicine and she lines up everything that needs to happen in order for her family to go on vacation. This is her strategic plan. She knows what she wants and how she is going to get there. She knows how much she has to budget and how long she has their launch (vacation). She has made her plan.
Now, Mom has to implement that plan. This is where mom’s super powers really shine. Now is the time she has to start taking action. She makes sure everyone knows the plan and is on board to make it to Disney World. Now is when she is budgeting for groceries every month and putting a little extra away each week. She waits to buy her the new pair of jeans she desperately need, and puts a little more money away. She rescheduled a new dog walker because the other cancelled. She rents a movie and makes popcorn at home instead of taking everyone out this week. She watches travel sites and books the flights with a killer deal. She stays strong and says no the ice cream run everyone wants and puts another 20 dollars away. She gets the camera ready. She doesn’t get her hair done and goes with a little longer look for the trip, and puts that money in to the vacation fund. She makes sure everyone’s bags are packed and that they have everything they need. She makes sure the family arrives to the airport on time and heads off the family vacation of their dreams. The steps mom takes to make sure that her plan is executed and everyone makes it to Disney World with everything they want is the implementation. Mom is a rockstar!
Your business needs a mom. An OBM mom who can write you a strategic plan and then help you implement it. You need someone who is going to be able to take you from your dream of going to Disney World to actually being there, on budget, with everyone and everything you need. Alpine Small Business solutions can do just that. We have the all-inclusive service that will walk your through the process and make sure all tasks are being done to make your dream a success.
