If you think about it, our personal life revolves around rhythm; the change from day to night, season to season as well as the natural rhythms of the day. Your business life should be the same – rhythm should be embedded within your organisation to ensure efficiency.
Today I’m going to discuss the rhythm in your business and how it can dictate the pace of change. How fast you want to see results comes down to rhythm and how communication strategies are implemented. There are a number of tactics you can adopt, and we’d encourage you to put in place as many as possible. So, let’s explore the rhythm in your business and what it looks like.
Annually
Meeting once a year for an AGM is an example of an annual rhythm. You meet with shareholders to review objectives and progress. Whilst you’re keeping on track with strategy, any change process is going to be relatively slow.
Quarterly
Quarterly meetings speed up the rate of momentum as you’re now meeting every 90 days. That’s four times the level of the annual meeting, so the business rhythm starts to intensify.
Monthly
Meeting on a monthly basis takes the business rhythm to a higher level. You set goals, schedules, discuss progress, spot problems as they arise and end up with a faster pace of change.
Weekly
A greater investment in time, but potential problem points can be ironed out before they begin to impact other aspects of your business. Weekly team meetings inject a real sense of pace. You can monitor progress better and keep track of challenges because there’s a continuous weekly rhythmic procedure in place. For instance, what have we succeeded in this week? What challenges do we need to overcome this week, and moving forward?
Daily
Short, five to ten minute daily get togethers with your team give everyone an opportunity to ensure things are moving in the right direction, and also check that everyone’s using their time wisely. If you think about it, if we do something daily, that’s 365 more chances than doing it annually! As your business grows, you’ll need to respond to faster and faster change. You’ll have to think about what the rhythm of your business looks like and the fundamental structures which sit alongside it.
Mastering The Rockefeller Habits
We recommend reading through ‘Mastering the Rockefeller Habits’ by Verne Harnish. It’s a great book packed full of action steps, visuals and case studies to help you implement a cohesive rhythm to your organisation.
However, if you’re looking for a more tailored approach, have any questions or would like to know more about how speeding up the rhythm could work for you, please get in touch. We’d love to share our insights and help you speed up both the rhythm and results in your business.
