How to get your business systems and processes in place with Sonaya Williams

Today’s episode of the podcast is an interview with Sonaya Williams who is the founder of The CEO Partner®, a systems-driven, profits-obsessed, Digital Implementation agency that helps smart CEOs grow their business and meet their goals. Sonaya ​lives to help CEOs create an operational master plan for themselves and their teams, teaching efficient and effective systems and tools during the process.    KEY TAKEAWAYS COVERED IN THE PODCAST   If something doesn’t excite you and give you joy – it is not sustainable and you just won’t do it! When something is your zone of genius, you are really good at doing it. When something isn’t your zone of genius, there will be someone else who can do it! There is always someone who will want to do the bits that you don’t want to do. It is never too early to start documenting your systems – even if it is just you. By documenting systems, you can free up your brain so you can think about growing your business! To start documenting your processes - Write out everything you do every day/week/month. Record yourself on Loom doing tasks you do again and again. Every process should be documented in a separate document to make it easy to search. Keep your processes updated and review them regularly. Team members have to take ownership of processes so they are not reliant on you and you are able to step out of the business. Think about the triggers for each process – are there any you can pass on to your team so you can step away? You have to have processes when you have a team, otherwise everything will still be reliant on you. When you are looking at hiring your first team member – think of it as an investment as you are gaining that time back. EVERYTHING in your business is a system. When something is a process, it becomes so much easier. It also means you can keep making it better and review. It will take time to get all your systems and processes in place but it will be SO worth it! &