I founded BeckTek on a principal of wanting to help others. In this unprecedented time of upheaval, BeckTek's adopted the slogan of "No Business Left Behind".
To assist fellow business owners and executives, whether clients or not, I've put together the most relevant information to help navigate this event from a business perspective.
You'll find resources on working remotely, avoiding COVID-19 based scams, planning financially, helping employees cope and leading with excellence during a crisis.
I'll continue to update the resources found on this page as there are new developments and programs available.
Dedicated to your success,
Some Good News For A Change
You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.
- Dan Millman, Author of Way of The Warrior
Peter Diamandis, recently named by Fortune as one the "World's 50 Greatest Leaders" has his team gathering stories from around the world pertaining to some major victories regarding COVID-19
From treatments that have proven effective, to the oldest person to recovery from the virus (103 by the way), vaccines already at the human testing stage to Canadian researchers having isolated the Virus …get your dose of positive news here: https://bit.ly/3dh01uc
Official COVID-19 Information Sites
- Canada Public Health: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
- World Health Organization: COVID-19 Outbreak
- Center for Disease Control (CDC): Coronavirus
Financial Planning
Meet with your CPA and/or Controller/Accountant and create a financial plan for the next 90 days. Re-evaluate this plan every 1-2 weeks to see if you need to adjust.
Stress test your cash! Alan Miltz' SaaS tool for managing cash - no charge for 3 months - stress test your cash with just 6 numbers from your financials. www.cashflowstory.com/stresstest
Consider adding an expense line item called COVID-19 and dump off all expenses in there including your staff and personal time spent dealing with a crisis - this 30 second video by Ron Lovett, author of Outrageous Empowerment, will explain why it will make it easier to apply for government assistance if and when it comes available. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ron-lovett_outrageousempowerment-activity-6646137020743761920-N9Uo
Stabilizing Your Business: Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
With constant changes brought on by the pandemic of COVID-19, your business may be presented with cash flow challenges and opportunities you may have never faced before. To respond to these changes, look no further than a motto with which you are familiar: Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. The slogan used by the United States Marine Corps outlines steps you can take to combat the challenges you are facing as you make decisions that will be key to the survival of your business. Read details on this strategy here: https://www.cricpa.com/stabilizing-your-business/
Financial Crisis Management Templates from Author, Greg Crabtree. I met Craig through my IT Peer group that meets in Nashville quarterly. While some of the teachings reflect the American Financial setup (IRS instead of Revenue Canada and different tax laws) the principals are the same. Will you have the capital needed to get back to pre-Covid19 profitability levels (or better)? Resource here: https://simplenumbers.me/crisismgmt/
Mindsets for Scary Times
So, how is all of this affecting business? And how will it affect YOUR business?
While many people are in a panic, Jay Abraham, Dean Jackson, and Joe Polish are NOT panicking at all, and you should know why. These three business leaders just had one of the most insightful, calm, and important conversations ever about succeeding in business in scary times such as what we're experiencing right now.
They recorded the conversation and it is available for you to listen as I Love Marketing podcast Episode #362.
Of all the podcast episodes they've ever done, this will be one of the most important you'll ever listen to.
Various Tech Collaboration Tools
Zoom Video Conferencing: www.zoom.us
We use this at BeckTek. We hold a daily huddle each morning at 8:30AM for 8 -10 minutes to align for the day and we get to see each other.
Slack Instant Messaging: www.slack.com
We also use slack in house to communicate in real time about internal and client facing items. We keep our team communication OUT OF OUR INBOXES. There is enough going on in there!
Microsoft Teams for Instant Messaging and Video Conferencing:
This tool is Included in your Microsoft Office 365 Licensing at the Business Essentials, Business Premium, E1, and E3 levels.
Free Microsoft TEAMS Training
Bigger Brains has moved their Teams training over to YouTube as a resource for companies who need to learn collaboration in a hurry.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlD_YJ6GN1HnBqUK9XQcl3EB2J3AwdyOq
