There is no doubt that 2020 taught us we don’t truly control anything.

The pandemic has taught us how little we control. In fact, the real lesson is that we only truly control our attitudes in responding to us losing control - the way in which we perceive, react and reflect upon the circumstances presented.

I’ve never seen or experienced so many of us facing mental health challenges and we are not out of this yet by a long way.

So what can we do for ourselves, our co-workers, friends and family to help us deal with challenges to our mental health?

Possibly the biggest decision for Business Owners in 2021 is what their workplace will look like.

My clients and I have been working through creating a Workplace Plan for 2021 where we map out the workplace in relation to physical (employees attending business premises) and remote working arrangements (employees working from home).

Let’s pull apart the physical & remote workplace dilemma.

It starts with an assessment of the pros and cons of the two options.

Pattern recognition is where information is classified based on information already gained, or from information extracted from patterns identified. Pattern recognition can be automated pattern recognition through computerised machine-learning. Alternatively, personal pattern recognition can be performed mentally (subconsciously) by individuals with expertise in a field.

In this blog, I explore how we use personal pattern recognition to support executing our edge in business.

The Work is what you need to do to complete your task effectively and efficiently. To consistently meet time, cost and quality in providing your product or service.

Many business owners want to experience the rewards of business success without doing The Work.

In this blog I explore what doing The Work really means and why you must commit yourself to The Work in order to achieve sustainable business success.

I’m revisiting my earlier blog commentary on committing to The Process. The Process is the series of steps you take to deliver your products or services on time, cost and quality.

Just because of a pandemic, doesn’t mean you waiver on your commitment to The Process. In fact, you need to review The Process and modify it for anything resultant from changing economic trading conditions.

I call this The Process 2.0

The Stakeholder Quadrant was outlined in my book The Fourth Moon where I defined the four parties within the Stakeholder Quadrant as:

1. Customers

2. Employees

3. Shareholders

4. Suppliers

I think it is a great opportunity to review how we can make deposits with our stakeholders at this time.