What is small business agility?

Change is the only way to remain constant. This is the nature of life. It same goes for being in the business. Today the change of business landscape may or may not unprecedented by the executives, but surely spectacular. If you’re feeling restless at the speed of change, buckle up, the pace of change is only going to get faster.

For small business to go agile isn’t just a thing that relates how agile is the business owners with their movements, it’s a process that gets people to collaborate on a project. I could understand It is a strenuous task to convince people you work with to move to an agile model, especially if they’ve been working in a traditional way. However, if your business eager to strive moving forward in the age of disruption, it is time for you to address the elephant in the room. Adapting may be sound daunting but it’s not impossible for small business. In any transformation whether in a big or small scale of business, is a journey requiring a commitment to adapt, regular reflection, and practice. The crux of achieving Agility business methodology is about taking stable and incremental steps to build up rather than a one-fell-swoop delivery.

The journey for small business to go agile begins with 3 actionable steps:

I. Unravel the best potential of your team

Agility needs to be practiced and demonstrated from the very top. Moving from “me” to “we” by making sure they feel important in their role and foster an environment in which allow team members to make mistakes, contribute ideas and participate in decision making. Make this as the important element of your company culture and instill psychological safety and this will definitely motivate your employees to bring out their best.

II. Place the right person into the right seat

You can’t bang the square peg in the round hole — many small businesses often make this mistake- hire the wrong person for the role. In result, the cost is far exceeding the impacts of lost time that spent on the recruitment process, as company can potentially experience a decline in productivity and motivation among the team members. But what’s the worst case? Keeping the terrible team player.

III. Streamline Business Operations with Technology

Responsiveness to change is one of the most highlighted benefits of agile marketing. There are numerous challenges will be faced by the small business at the beginning of the road. The main issue that small business often comes across is the lack of manpower. As many small businesses still at the beginning of the road are coming out of the run because of the turbulence in the market. The advances of technology have been accelerating the speed of marketing change, quick response to variable customer demands has become one of the survival kits for businesses.

When comes to rebuilding or reorganizing of the company, there is always a saying in baseball: a step in the right direction is far more important than one big step. It applies equally to business in this ever-evolving environment. It does not take many small steps to leave an enterprise substantially well-equipped if the steps are all on the right path. Over time, a small step in the wrong direction will be magnified many times.

Driving the pace of change in business must be relentless and tenacious in it. Only by doing so will you ahead of the curve and make an impact on others you always dreamed about.

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