It can be surprising how much support a business can require. Even if you look at the basics of Marketing, management and operational issues and the sub headings under each, then you would have to be highly skilled to be able to do all of them, so some support can go a long way!

Most males will try to doggedly forge on independently (and don’t say you won’t!) thinking they know best… But when push comes to shove there is a lot of expertise that can be obtained if you ask for support.

In a small business it might be having a partner do the books, working closely with your accountant, working with a business coach to build marketing plans. In the larger business it might be hiring a person or company to look after your an area of the business like marketing or sales, the more time goes on, the more of your business you should be able to hand over to these types of support services.

Support can come in the simplest form and often that can be the most powerful. I was chatting with a tradesman the other day who mentioned his business support. “My teenage kids have been trained to sort a few things out when I get home at the end of a long day. My boy sorts the junk out in the front of my vehicle, clearing the rubbish from a day on the run, he gathers the receipts up in a small folder and takes them into my daughter who we have taught to input the info into the accounting software. It frees me up to unwind at the end of the day, once a month we have a clean out session of the vehicle and I pay the kids for the duties they perform.”

A great way to get things happening I thought, simple straight forward and results driven.

Take a Look at your business and ask, what support do I need and what support would be useful, then start handing over the things that fit to this criteria. Only then will you truly have a business that gives you the lifestyle you have taken risks for.

Stumble it!