You know you need to make a change and you know it is the right thing to do. Yet you procrastinate, make excuses, rationalize and basically never quite get around to it. Change is rarely easy done, however it is … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Commitment, Communication, Culture, Leadership, Marketing, Mindset, Success, Team, Vision | Leave a commentWhy do I do what I do? In other words why am I a business coach? For me this is an easy question to answer. I think about what I get out of it, i.e. what’s in it for me. … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Commitment, Communication, Culture, Leadership, Marketing, Mindset, Success, Team, Vision | Leave a commentWhen I work with business owners, one the first things I do is to look at the foundations of the business. The reason for this is simple; without solid foundations a business cannot grow and prosper. I focus on four … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Commitment, Communication, Culture, Leadership, Marketing, Mindset, Success, Team, Vision | 1 CommentMy last blog I discussed what a business coach was and why you as a business owner need a coach. Now I would like to tell you why I coach and also look at whether or not you are ready … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Commitment, Communication, Culture, Leadership, Marketing, Mindset, Success, Team, Vision | 773 CommentsDo you ever get asked what you do for a living? It is a common question that I am asked pretty much every week. When I respond I am a business coach, I get some interesting reactions. The most typical … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Commitment, Communication, Culture, Leadership, Marketing, Mindset, Success, Team, Uncategorized, Vision | 622 CommentsThere are three simple things you can do to be a more successful business owner or executive: always be on time, always tell the truth and always do what you say you will do. Just because they are simple doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Commitment, Culture, Leadership, Mindset, Success, Uncategorized | 1,348 CommentsI just returned from the ActionCOACH North American Conference. It was a great experience and I learned a lot about myself as a coach and about how to be a better coach (34 pages of notes). When I see a … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Communication, Success | 3,040 CommentsHave you ever gone into a business to buy something and were treated like an annoyance? How about when you call the so called “customer service number” and end up in an endless loop of automated questions, when all you … Continue reading
Posted in Customer Service | 5,129 CommentsWhat is time anyway? Can you manage it? Often people talk about time management, but can you really manage time? Think about it, can you stop time, start time, speed it up, slow it down, shorten or extend it? No, … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Mindset, Time | 7,508 CommentsWe hold quarterly planning workshops with our coaching clients. Having been a business owner for many years I know the value of planning and knowing your numbers. After all if you don’t know your numbers as a business owner how … Continue reading
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