033- Manage Your Business Like a Pilot

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Many times, you can greatly improve your management practices by learning from other occupations.  Today, we discuss how to manage your business like a pilot by focusing on 4 key elements of piloting a plane: planning, aviating, navigating and communicating.  Each of these principles has application in the business environment so stick with us as we help you learn some new ways to address old management problems.

:00      Opening Remarks: 
There are 4 key considerations to flying a plane and we’re going to discuss them on this show.
 
:45      Introduce episode: 

• Planning
• Aviating
• Navigating
• Communicating

           
1:15   Who benefits from this show?  
Small business managers or owners   
 
2:00   Talking points: (8:00 mins)

1.  Planning means knowing where you are, where you’re going and why you’re going there.
2.  Aviating means keeping your vehicle under control
3.  Navigating means taking into account SWOT, what could go wrong and what your competition is doing
4.  Communicating means just that… to whom are you sharing the planning? What role do others play in getting you to your destination? How do you know when you’ve arrived? Who gets the credits?
 
10:00 Tips for improving in this area or overcoming this problem: (7:00 mins)

1. Most business problems come from lack of planning, inadequate time management, unorganized task management and lack of accountability
2. Planning
3. Time Management
4. Task management
5. Accountability

 17:00 Final Take-aways: (2:00 mins) Recap primary listen benefit            
 
19:00 Closing comments:
We love flying but make no mistake we like to communicate even more!
Reach us at (phone), E Mail, website, and tell others!
 
20:00 Show ends