12 Keys to Building a Resilient Business in 2025
In today’s blog, we share some actionable steps you can take to help you upscale and improve your business for the new year. This year, we are focusing on building resilient businesses, ones that will stand the test of time, no matter the circumstances.
1. Check the legal health of your business
Are your business, you and your family personally at great risk of financial and personal damage, loss or pain? Or are your business and you personally protected and have a business ready to thrive and grow? You do not know what you do not know. This is the time to check your legal health and make sure everything is up to standard. Check out our free legal health check on our website.
2. Strategise Right
Strategising for your business can be complicated and overwhelming. Although the initial brainstorming is something that can be done by you, enlisting experts after that stage is essential to maintain clarity and build a plan of action going forward. Additionally, we may be able to find some nice surprises as to opportunities that are available for your growth or to attract investors/purchasers when you’re ready. Figure out what worked, what didn’t, and see where you can go in 2025.
3. Strengthen your cybersecurity
The future is digital - protect your business. Strengthen cybersecurity protocols over the break to safeguard client data, ensuring trust and compliance with data protection regulations. As technology progresses, your security must as well. Who knows what 2025 will bring, so make sure you’re prepared.
4. Check your compliance
Get up a calendar and note any important, upcoming dates for regulatory changes. Huge penalties and fees can come as the result of getting the dates wrong - so take the time now and get ahead to ensure a smooth 2025. If you’re not sure what is coming up, then check now so it doesn't become an expensive race later
5. Invest in yourself
Now is the time to learn. Fish out those books you bought that are gathering dust, read those articles you bookmarked, and listen to those podcasts you downloaded and never listened to. Your business will thank you enormously in 2025 by spending this time ensuring you are as educated and unskilled as you can be.
6. Make a 2025 roadmap
Harness that end-of-year energy and create your business’s personalised 2025 roadmap. Some of our favourite ways to do this include choosing a word for the year, making a vision board or mind map, break goals down into quarters, and put your plan somewhere you and your team see everyday! Too many goals lay forgotten at the bottom of a drawer. Not in 2025!
7. Review operational efficiency
Streamline internal workflows and enhance efficiency through the adoption of digital tools and technologies. Now is the time to see what works and what doesn’t, and implement changes for the new year. 2025 has the potential to be the best year of your business’ life. Are you going to ensure that is the case?
8. Review your IP
Get out your Intellectual Property Register and look at all the lovely Intellectual Property you own and have protected. Doing this, in addition to giving you a clear document that sets out what makes up your assets (investors love this), enables you to proactively get ahead of any potential ownership/consent dispute, as just because someone does something for you or you pay them, does not mean that the IP they create becomes your sole property.
9. Review your marketing
Marketing - especially if you use social media - changes rapidly. Take some time to figure out what worked in 2024, and what didn’t, to determine what to take with you to 2025. Marketing and advertising can be expensive both in the set up as well as what happens when it goes wrong. Don’t just let it run in the background - be involved and figure out what’s right for your business and create strategies and the supporting documents and processes to ensure you get return on your investment!
10. Review your policies
This is a great time to review and update your policies and procedures. When was the last time you looked at your Terms & Conditions, privacy policy or your refund policy?We have some useful resources as well as 24/7 DIY fixed fee documents on our website if you are interested in getting protected for 2025.
11. Wisen Up
The End of Year break is a great time to not only rest, recover and recuperate, but invest some time in looking ahead. To help here why not download one of the many free business guides from our website and read up. If you can’t wait til the new year why not check out our online solutions for various business growth and protection documents and support available 24/7.
12. Clean and reorganise
We all love the feeling of all things fresh, clean and organised, so give a gift to your future self by spending a little time now to clean your space and computer - physically and digitally. As well as reorganise any spaces that need it. Ensure you can step up and into to a clean and sparkling new 2025 full of opportunities!
For more tips on how to transition smoothly into the new year or to ensure your business is prepared for growth, book a free Discovery Call with our team. Let's get you ready for 2025!
Please note that this is a general and brief update, it does not purport to be comprehensive legal advice of all information and/or relevant to your circumstances. Consequently, specific legal advice for each of your circumstances should be obtained first before taking or not taking any action with respect to this area.