The Occentra 10 Critical Resources for Business Success

The Game Pieces. The Tools. The Weapons.

You can call them game pieces, weapons or tools, depending on what business metaphor you decide to use, but these are the general resources that every business or business project needs.

You and your organization can accomplish anything if you can identify, access and integrate the specific critical resources you need. Below are the broad categories of critical resources that are common to every project, undertaking, organization, etc, Your value as a partner or strategic alliance depends on how well you access, integrate and manage your critical resources.

IDEAS-No matter what the challenge is, the right idea, properly implemented (combined with the right strategy and action) will bring success. Ideas are extremely powerful. One idea can make you rich.
INFORMATION and KNOWLEDGE- What would happen if all of the information in the world disappeared overnight. Civilization would collapse. Information is the currency of our age, the commodity of kings and queens. Information is the glue that holds civilization together. You and your organization must have ways to access and manage the vast amounts of information it needs to thrive.
PEOPLE, LABOR POWER and MIND POWER- No one is an island. People are your greatest resource. Other people provide the skill, expertise and labor you need to accomplish your goals. Make sure you get the best people on your side.
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES and PARTNERSHIPS- Your choice of partners and strategic alliances can virtually guarantee success. One of the benefits of having any of several needs analyses done on your company is that the analysis will uncover areas within your operations where it would be to your advantage to form Strategic Alliances and Partnerships.
CAPITAL and OTHER FINANCIAL RESOURCES- Although we are living in the information age, few things can happen without money. You're going to need lots of it to build a strong organization and to live certain lifestyles.
TECHNOLOGY TOOLS- Technology allows you to process huge amounts of information quickly. It allows rapid, real-time communications. It allows you to quickly identify, access and integrate the other critical resources.
PRODUCTION RESOURCES- Materials, Supplies and Equipment.
STRATEGIES, MODELS and PARADIGMS- Strategies are the ways in which you organize your resources. You can have all of the resources in the world, but if you have a poor strategy, you're going to fail. The resources must be organized into an effective strategy. Having the correct strategies and models will also allow you to harness another valuable resource. . .YOUR TIME.
CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENTS- Just as you wouldn't plant an apple seed in the desert, you wouldn't create business projects in environments that are not conducive to business and personal growth. Create projects in environments that allow them to thrive and prosper.
POWER SKILLS

Leadership Skills-The ability to guide other people to desired outcomes. Mastering the ability to get others to support your ideas.
Communication Power- The ability to facilitate crystal clear communication to those inside and outside of your organization.
Personal Power Skills- A highly popular success coach defines Personal Power as the "ability to take action". Without consistent disciplined action, nothing gets done. Personal Power is the ability to get yourself to do the things you need to do to reach your desired outcomes.
Time and Life Management Skills- Without time, you're dead. How you use your time to manage other critical resources is the most important issue determining your destiny in life. You must use your time in ways that will get you closer to reaching your desired outcomes.
Personal Business Management Philosophy- Although you can't force this one, it will be developed through experience, study, work, trial and error. When you finally develop the right Personal Business Management Philosophy nothing can stop you.

"In our current economy the tools and resources for unparalleled success are available to everyone. We're living in a world where the difference between the winners and the losers will be those who learn how to master these critical resources and those who don't."