Business Fit Magazine September 2019 Issue 2 | Page 30

Business
Business clutter
touches every
facet of your
business
Clutternomics!
mental clutter, emotional clutter, financial clutter,
marketing clutter, sales clutter and more. In each
of these areas you will find issues and challenges
which when left unaddressed, will wreak havoc
on the health and growth of your company.
As a Business Growth Architect, it is my job to
ensure 20-50% growth while cutting overhead
costs, programs, inefficiencies, two-legged
clutter, interruption clutter, and many other
issues and challenges.
“Each Mess is a lock on the gate which keeps
abundance away.” Raymond Aaron
Clear Your Way to Profits,
Productivity,
and Peace!
Award-winning Business Consultant and
Business Growth Expert Kathleen Ronald
explains what business clutter is, how it could
be costing your company and restricting
growth, here she gives us some tips on how to
resolve it.
I’m curious, have you ever calculated the
economic costs of your clutter? I am guessing that
a few business professionals might suspect, but
most owners have NO idea what their business
clutter is costing them and their company.
Let’s look at a couple of sobering facts about
business clutter:
» In a study by Brother International, U.S.
corporations lose “$177 billion annually” due to
clutter.
» Stephanie Winston, the author of The
Organised Executive, estimates that each
day a full hour is lost to disorder, costing an
organisation over $8,000 for an employee
earning $65,000 a year.
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» At 30 employees, $240,000 a year is LOST
Please take a moment to do this math for your
company! Your conclusion just may be the
catalyst to get you clearing things.
The costs and the depths of the various types of
clutter we deal with daily in our businesses are
staggering.
What do I consider business
clutter?
Business clutter touches every facet of your
business. It is not only our physical clutter,
but it includes two-legged clutter (i.e. people),
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