Although your business has a different organizational structure and management style and you take different actions than other small businesses, you should share common characteristics in each stage of business growth. These are a few things you should know about this growth.

Owner Factors That Affect Growth

As a business owner, you have a direct impact on your company’s ability to and speed of growth. The first factor is your ability and dedication to goal setting, both your own and for your company. You also need to understand the importance and be willing to delegate your authority. You need management skills and experience as well as strategic capabilities.

You should understand how to conduct and build both long- and short-term strategies from a SWOT analysis. Finally, you need to be proficient in marketing, production, distribution and innovation.

Business Management Factors That Affect Growth

Although your business may have a different management structure, you will find that the business factors that affect others’ growth also affect yours. For example, your company needs to have or have access to adequate financial resources. Therefore, it needs to have sufficient cash flow as well as the ability to borrow money when necessary.

Your company also needs exceptional human resources. You need enough staff to get the job done well, and they need the skills and experience necessary to complete their tasks with excellence. Your management team also needs to be effective and well-trained.

Your business needs adequate resources. First, you should have the technological ability to gather and distill information. Cutting-edge technology will also help you with planning and control. You also need business resources that enable you to build customer and vendor relations, manufacture and distribute your products and increase your market share.

Questions To Prevent Future Challenges

Like in life, you will encounter challenges in your business, but you can minimize these challenges by addressing a few key questions. First, you need to ask yourself about your staff and management. Is your staffing adequate in size and skill? You should also ask whether your strategies and systems can handle an expanding company and what you need to do to prepare for this eventuality.

Explore your borrowing power and cash flows and find ways to increase these. Consider what you know and can do yourself, but ask yourself what you are willing to delegate and why you aren’t open to delegating some tasks.

No matter what development stage your company is in, your business growth relies on a few key factors. Learn how well you and your company manage these factors.