Posts Tagged ‘School Management’

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Good Martial Art School Management Systems Lead To Success

When you’re first starting a school, implementing a systems-based process for everything you do will likely be the last thing on your mind. However, if you start off from the beginning documenting every process in your school, writing each one down in a step-by-step manner in the simplest words possible, you’ll be well on your way to having a systems-driven school. Why is this so important? Because systems are what will make your school run smoothly, efficiently, and with as little effort as possible. Standardized and documented systems are what will allow you to train good staff, and use them to replace you when you want to take time away from work. Also, having systems in place will allow you to hone in on areas where your school is under-performing. You can then revise and improve your systems to fine-tune your processes until you have them down to the simplest and most-effective steps… the ones that are necessary for achieving the intended goal. Now, if you’ve purchased my materials (Small Dojo Big Profits, the Phone-to-Enrollment sales system, etc.) you’ll already be well on your way to having systems to follow in your school. However, it’s extremely important that you write your own systems down yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

In the 14th century, a Franciscan friar and logician by the name of William of Ockham came up with one of the most famous rules of logical deduction… a rule that is still being applied today in a variety of fields and vocations.

The rule is popularly referred to as “Ockham’s Razor”, and it is often expressed like so:

“Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.”

In other words, the simplest solution is generally best. This principle, when applied to business systems, will help keep you sane while reducing your workload immensely.

One of the most common mistakes well-intentioned school owners make is to create complex, complicated systems to manage and run their schools. If you’re doing this, here’s how to fix it… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Become A Top School By Focusing On The “Big Five” Principles of Martial Arts School Management

Just like learning martial arts, launching and growing a school simply requires focusing on the correct "technique"

Running a martial arts school successfully is really pretty simple – it’s getting your school off the ground that is the hard part. Even so, the same principles that allow you to manage a school effectively are the very same principles needed to get you through your launch period.

Think it’s complicated? It’s really not… launching and growing your school is really just a matter of staying focused on the “Big Five” areas of martial arts school management.

No matter where you are in the business life-cycle, I recommend that every month you should review your current operations as they relate to each of the “Big Five” management principles, then pick one crucial thing to implement/improve upon in each area, and then repeat this process every month thereafter.

By the way, the “Big Five” areas are: Read the rest of this entry »