How did you get yourself into this situation?

What keeps you awake at night? Is it the rise in your expenses? Is your rent going up again? Or, is it your flat or townhouse levy that’s been spiked up again? Do you lie awake listening for criminals outside who you think might come again to rob your property? Are you in a state of high anxiety because you will have to turn to family and friends to pay for your excess on your motor vehicle that was broken into the previous night? Are you worried about the dangerous times we are living in with people eager to tear things down like some sort of bloodsport?

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What’s the weakest link in your business?

English: TVCC Hotel Site Fire
Detect smoke early before you have a blazing fire on your hands. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The vulnerable spot, almost imperceptible at first, exposes a business to great risk.

A service business, 25 years old, one of the top such businesses in the country, employed an accountant who chiselled a large sum of money from the business. Strike one. The business accepted a large government agency contract, did all the print work, paid the supplier but the agency was never formed. The service business couldn’t recover their money. Strike two. Game over. Continue reading “What’s the weakest link in your business?”