Profit is Not the Bottom Line

An accountant will tell you this about yourgears wherein you will find a surge of loyal
business or a money focused greedycustomers and employees. You will begin to see
businessman will always have their focus. Youthat your best sales people are your customers
might say these are harsh words but that is theand they have become willing marketers of your
harsh reality of a lot of businessmen today thatbusiness. You do not even need to pay them for
their only focus and has defined their bottom lineit. The least you must do is thank them with a
as "PROFIT".note or an email or you can take that extra mile
That should not become the paramount in yourand do it yourself. Imagine the look on the face
business because once this starts become theof your customer when they see you walking on
gear that turns the wheel it will more than likelytheir pathway on the way to their door.
end up busted at the end and your desiredHuman Capital Focus
bottom line will no longer be there. The reason forAnd if we become a type of employer that we
this is because the effect of such a mentality in aknow the names and birthday of our employees
business will result to losing sincerity andincluding that of their family. Again let me take
commitment to your clients or customers andyou into an imagination when you have in your
especially with your employees. When peoplehand a cake for your employees son or daughter
start to see this from your business you will then- what a huge surprise would that be for them.
see the start of shifting of customers to yourAlthough you might think that this is corny but
competitor or you will find a lot of resignationthen again if you do this consistently to practically
letters from your employees on your table andeverybody within the organization and outside
attrition becomes your biggest concern instead ofyour organization including your suppliers you will
how to improve your business by improvingend up with a business that will become a brand
processes that affects your customers andeven for the next generation with profits breaking
employees.your own records if not numbers in the industry.
Customer Centric FocusMake the welfare of your clients or customers
But if you set your focus in making a differenceand your employees your bottom line them you
in the lives of those whom you serve aswill surely take in more profit than what you
customers or clients and to the lives of yourexpected.
employees then you are shifting into a different