New Year's resolutions--can we keep these?

• Date: 01 January 2019
• Author: Bissonette, Laurie

It's that time of year again when many people reflect on their lives and make resolutions to change something, do something, or not do something. It probably is a bit less common for business owners to make resolutions regarding their businesses. So I thought we would have a bit of fun (well, accountant fun) and translate 10 common resolutions into business ones.

Lose fat: Become more efficient. Take a look at systems and processes and see what can be streamlined and if duplication can be eliminated. Become a "lean" organization --make one activity work; avoid duplication.

Gain muscle: My personal favourite. Be more proactive at revenue generation: become laser focused on your current customers, determine who you want to be your future customers and devise a strategy to target and wow them. Everyone likes to be appreciated--think of ways to constantly...