Dawn

Blog by Dawn

Pilot Your Business: Why Every Professional Business Needs a Progress Dashboard and How to Build One
Imagine for a moment that your business is an airplane, and you are sitting in the cockpit. You have a visual screen in front of you – showing you exactly how each of the areas of your business is performing. You can see your goals and your progress towards them. You know your direction and your spe...
Turn Your Vision into Action: How to Reverse Engineer a Roadmap for Your Business
Ready to escape owner overload? The first thing you need is CLARITY. Clarity arises at the intersection of 3 things:
  1. A clear and compelling vision of where you’re headed.
  2. A roadmap of the steps you need to take to get there.
  3. A dashboard to show how far you’ve come and to let you know when you’ve straye...
7 Signs You Need Clarity in Your Business (Not Just More Hard Work)
I remember a time in my practice running days when I believed that if I just DID enough that things would get better.
  • If I could make it through the next 10 days of living in my truck at the racetrack, things would be easier.
  • If I could push through for another year or two, the business would somehow ...
Achieve More with Less: How 90-Day Sprints Can Transform Your Business
When you’re stuck in Owner Overload, the road to breaking free can seem long – and it can be hard to stay on track with business improvement projects when the daily demands of running your business are unrelenting. (Ask me how I know!) One of the best ways to combat this is by embracing the 90-Day S...
3 Reasons to Incorporate Exit Planning in Your Business Strategy
At Productive Pressure, we recommend that business owners always begin with the end in mind, then reverse engineer their plan. The “end in mind” for many owners is a business that runs well, makes lots of money, and doesn’t take all their time and energy. What many owners don’t consider (but should)...