Growing grapes must be watched and cared for. Similarly, a growing business must be tended carefully. An important part of a businesses’ survival is dependant upon getting rid of unnecessary and energy-draining elements. The world will always provide more:

-relationships than you can maintain
-activities than you can keep up with
-clients who once fit but whose time has passed
-product lines to take focus
-strategies to execute

The difference between a good leader and an excellent leader is that an excellent leader knows what to cut and when.

Pruning the superfluous, the sick and the dead from your business is elemental in its success. It’s also important to cut things that may be working or healthy but are not on par with your goals. Though it may be uncomfortable in the short-term, it’s important that you, as a leader move on from what is no longer relevant in pursuit of the long-term good of your business.

To get you more comfortable with this concept, we guide you through one aspect of your business, ask the hard questions, and get you on the path to decisive pruning. Then, it’s important to set up a discipline of regular pruning for the health of your company.

Just as a great winemaker goes into the vineyard and makes decisions about what and where to cut, the best leaders know how to make timely and informed decisions on where to prune their business.