Run Your Business So It Doesn't Run You (Paperback)

by Linda Leigh Francis (Author)

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Product Description
Wouldn’t it be great if you could call on a small business expert anytime you wanted? You can! Linda Francis is the expert, and her book supplies the support you need clearly and concisely. Her devotees rave at how she uses humor, poignant examples, and an engaging language style to pull the business picture together. The book’s compact but comprehensive chapters cover leadership, time management, planning, sales, hiring, understanding and using your financial information, and more. Whether you are established or just getting started, use this book as an in-house consultant and you will have more fun, profits, and sanity.

From the Publisher
This book targets small business owners, managers, and aspiring entrepreneurs who are experts at their trade or profession but who need help putting the business picture together.

The introduction to Francis’ book tells the true story of the hurried and harried owners of a plumbing service company. Good, hard working people overwhelmed by their business. Turning proactive, they implement the techniques described in this book, which invigorates their business and their lives. The result is people who make more money, have happier employees, happier families, and time to support community activities.

The author’s approach gives the reader the equivalent of a face-to-face consultation. For example, while reading the chapter on how to create a job description, one feels that Frances is speaking directly to them. As she shows the reader how to judge which job they need filled, when they need it, how it affects other jobs, and what pitfalls to avoid, it seems as if she has individualized the presentation for a particular business. Examples are given, and practice problems are presented. The author then shows how to type up the job description so it can be an effective tool in a performance review. The result is a complex task that seems simple. It is. æ Simple, but not simplified.

Into the book’s 13 chapters and 176 pages Frances infuses her common sense and practical business philosophy with humor, personal stories, examples, and worksheets. The reader is guided along at a comfortable pace. The book covers the owner’s role, time management, how to use your financial information, planning, budgeting, hiring and firing, personnel policies, and more. Each chapter gives practical problem solving tips that can be integrated into any business and then shows how to establish a business that will avoid problems in the future. Frances even assigns homework!

Linda Francis’ background includes a M.A. in Education, ten years running her own successful business, twelve years consulting businesses throughout the nation, along with national speaking engagements. The language patterns used in the text are pulled from this background. It is a unique publication, because Linda has crafted essential business concepts into an easy to read and easy to understand format.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Borah Press; Revised edition (December 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965787915
• ISBN-13: 978-0965787918
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,006,413 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Business Book By Far, November 13, 2000

By	Susan Barnes (Wichita, Kansas USA) - See all my reviews

As a professional organizer, I'm always interested in learning new efficiencies. This book offers more, page for page, than any of the current "best books on business" found on the best seller's lists. Francis makes her points briefly and succinctly in a conversational style that keeps you interested. Not only does she describe easy-to-understand techniques, she offers forms and worksheets to put her methods to work. I recommend this book to anyone who's serious about making career, business and and life as efficient and stress-free as possible.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keys to understanding how businesses succeed and fail, February 20, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

From locating and keeping key employees to managing time and understanding how a manager or owner's role should work, this is packed with tips ranging from financial concerns to hiring and firing effectively, providing specific keys to understanding how businesses succeed and fail.