Saying You Know it, is Not Doing it

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Signing up for business courses and learning about business concepts, theories, principles, etc. is just the start of it. What’s more important is you CAN apply the things you’ve studied in a real-life setting. In this episode of The Business Problem Solver Podcast, Lee urges you to step it up a notch and start implementing what you’ve learned. Besides, putting what you’ve learned into practice gives a different kind of learning experience and can enhance your skills. Lee also highlights that learning is a life-long process especially when you’re looking into maintaining the growth of your business. It is important that you stay updated what’s happening within the company and be able to communicate with your employees and your customers properly. KEY TAKEAWAYS "If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity, but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!" – Richard Branson If you want to learn everything about the business, there a lot of online business courses you could choose. Just take note, that before taking the course, you know what you want to achieve at the end of it. It’s important that afterwards, you start doing–start applying the theories, principles, strategies that you’ve learned on something that could be valuable. Choose your mentor/s wisely. Choose someone who could help you to get where you want to go and someone who will recognise your principles, purpose, and learning needs. When you’re running a business, there’s no better way to learn for people who work the process up to the executives than them seeing the work. It makes it difficult to communicate the current situation and developments within the company if not everyone is well-informed about the processes. Two most important groups of people that CEOs, senior executives, and managers should take note of: The people who actually do the work The people who pay for their products and services BEST MOMENTS “Saying you know how to do it is NOT doing it.” “It is important that the people that make the decisions understand what happens day-to-day.” “You can’t change a business unless you change yourself first.” “Ideas, challenges, and organisations do seem to stop at a middle layer manager.” ABOUT THE HOST For the last 15 years, I have been a multi-sector internal or external business improvement consultant, building the improved capability of individuals, teams and businesses. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my two young children Jack & India. I also enjoy listening to and reading business & personal development material. Lee Houghton is “THE Business Problem Solver”, a Management Consultant, CX Specialist and Keynote Speaker. CONTACT METHOD You can contact Lee Houghton on: 07813342194 Website: [email protected] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lhoughton/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/THEBusinessProblemSolver/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BusiProbsSolved Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_business_problem_solver/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsf0YC2_ZBuhtC_s-AbHaDw

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