As a business owner and woman entrepreneur, strategising can feel very lonely. If you are busy managing a business, and doing part of it, you probably will not have the time and space to review your personal goals and your business goals. Yet it is essential to make sure that both still line up. If you have people working for you, you will be setting their objectives and reviewing them and there is no reason why you should not be reviewing yours too. Yet, managing can feel lonely, and It can be really inspiring to go and attend local business mentoring opportunities such as the ones organised by our local council and local mentoring groups.
It’s important to set some time aside, perhaps during a break, when the pressure if off, to review your goals, monitor your progress, and ask yourself the right questions. This will allows you to make small adjustments along the way and stay on track towards achieving your desired outcomes. You may not need to make massive changes, but taking small steps to adjust your trajectory is probably necessary, especially in fast moving times when either tech developments and financial upheavals are rocking our already competitive markets.
Some of the key questions remain:
What are we offering whether products and services
How is your offering differentiated from those of your competitors
Who are we selling to? Who is your ideal customer? and what value are you bringing to them
What are your success indicators ? goals and timelines? Reviewing goals helps keeping on top of your numbers (including social media metrics)
In particular the process itself of knowing your numbers, pulling the data and reviewing it can help you:
Stay focused: Reviewing your goals regularly helps to keep you focused on what you want to achieve. It reminds you of the big picture and helps you stay motivated to keep moving forward.
Identify areas for improvement: Monitoring your progress allows you to identify areas where you’re excelling and areas where you need to improve. This enables you to adjust your approach and make necessary changes to achieve your goals.
Celebrate successes: Celebrating your successes along the way helps to keep you motivated and inspired to continue pursuing your goals.
If you are pursing a new career as a Children Yoga teacher, teaching new Yoga classes in Schools, either in curriculum or as an after school club provider, here are a few tips for reviewing your goals and monitoring progress:
1-Set specific and measurable goals: Your goals should be clear, specific, and measurable so that you can track your progress and know when you’ve achieved them for instance set yourself a target of acquiring 3 new classes per week from September 2023. With this in mind, you might need to contact 30 schools to offer a taster session by the end of April, then there is still time for schools to finalise their approved supplier list by end of May for September.
2-Establish checkpoints: Set regular checkpoints to review your progress and adjust your strategy if necessary. School hire on a quarterly basis, so if you missed the boat for new classes, you will need to try again for the next quarter. No need to wait until then, capitalise on the momentum and agree for new business for January 2024 now.
3-Keep track of data: one you start offering spaces for your new school club, collecting data is easy and you will find that you can track your sales based on number of spaces and price. You will need to deduct your venue fee and transport. Do not forget to take into account your annual insurance fees and training costs. We are always happy to discuss and provide extra help as part of our training course or if you are looking to calculate return on investment on your training cost.
Check out training to become a Children Yoga Teacher here
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