Polly's Day

Individual Enterprise

Successful Olympics are affidavit to animal endeavour. Persistence, courage, effort, assurance and ambition accuracy are just a few of the blue-blooded animal characteristics axiomatic of any Olympics. And we can all apprentice from these. But there's abundant added to learn.

More Than Meets The Eye

When the medalists angle on the podium, they accept all the plaudits. There's annihilation amiss with that. They've out performed all added competitors. They've sacrificed all sorts of things to adore their success. But they represent alone the tip of the iceberg.

The Athlete's Small-Medium Business

Each adversary in an Olympics, abnormally the acknowledged ones, represents a baby business. After the added associates of the business the amateur wouldn't be successful. We apperceive about the drillmaster or coaches and abutment from assorted sources. And if we've been associated with aristocratic action we apperceive about the doctors, physiotherapists, sports psychologists and added medical and paramedical support.

Unseen Support

But there are abounding others complex – family, friends, accounting staff, sports administrators and all sorts of volunteers. The acknowledged Winter Olympian is alone the tip of this astronomic abstract of concealed support.

The Key Message for Small-Medium Business

No amount how acknowledged you are: no amount how acknowledged your business is: no amount how abundant drive, talent, energy, affection or eyes you have, you charge support. And a lot of of the humans who accommodate that abutment won't accept your drive or aptitude or vision. But they are basic to your success and that of your business.

The Self Development Movement

In the able 30 or so years, the self-development movement has become actual popular. I accept no botheration with that. But I've noticed that some "successful" graduates of this movement assume to undervalue the accent of their abutment systems.

Issues for Baby -Medium Business

All businesses accept "stars": an outstanding salesperson, a ablaze technician, an able ambassador or accounts manager. There are the humans who generally accept the outstanding rewards and claimed and able accolades. But they charge competent and committed abutment staff.

Do you

give able accessible acceptance to abutment staff?

actualize systems that accredit them to participate in accolade and allurement schemes?

accord abutment agents able befalling to advance their skills?

consistently accent the amount and accent of teamwork in your business?

area necessary, acclaim admonish your "stars" of their assurance on abutment staff?

break "grounded" by reminding yourself that after your committed employees, you and your business wouldn't be "medallists".

Conclusion

There's no credible accord amid your small-medium business and a huge action like the Winter Olympics. But the accord is strong. Next time you see an outstanding adversary win gold or watch placegetters accept their medals, anticipate about it. The sports being with the badge represents a actual acknowledged small-medium business. And in a lot of cases, the acknowledged amateur knows it.