Business coaching provides some valuable solutions for many businesses and business owners. Do you want to know when it’s time to engage a business coach? This article may help you identify some aspects of your business which may tell you it’s time for a business coach for you. Here are The Top 10 Signs…
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When it comes to business coaching, I don’t like to focus on the negative, however every sensible business hopes for the best, but plans for the worse. Disaster can occur in many shapes and sizes. It can be instant and it can creep on us over a period of months, or even years. In this…
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Published on 15 April 2015. Updated on 3 February 2025. If you are an entrepreneur or self-employed, you will be very much aware that out of control overhead costs can make or break your venture. You cannot make overheads nil, as money needs to be spent to generate more money. This issue is even…
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In life, and business, we sometimes have to deal with difficult people. In business, those people can be clients, suppliers, staff, Government departments and even members of the public. And if we’re honest, even ourselves – we sometimes have difficult moments too. In this blog, I’m going to outline how to manage those difficult…
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Managing Tall Poppy Syndrome Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS) is an Aussie and NZ thing, and to some degree, also England. It refers to “cutting down the tall poppy” where you criticise others for their success, talents and achievements. Some believe it’s a by-product of our cultural value of everyone being equal. Equality is fair…
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When it comes to Christmas, it’s often time for a break, or building up for a business period, or winding down for a quiet period … or simply catching up with associates, friends or families. Here are My Top Tips for Business Owners Around Christmas Prep & Planning are Essential If you’re planning…
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So why does trust even matter? Trust impacts on social, business and work relationships. You build better relationships when there is trust involved. People (Co-workers, friends, clients, staff and even suppliers) are all more engaged, effective, productive, helpful and caring when they genuinely trust you. There’s a well-known expression “People do business with people they…
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More people than you know have their Facebook (FB) profile hacked daily. In fact, 300,000 FB accounts get hacked every single day. After 20 years of being safely on FB, I joined those ranks and it’s been a learning experience. But it’s not just FB that gets hacked every day; emails are hacked, phones and…
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Some will wonder why should we push ourselves outside our comfort zones. After all, often our comfort zone is well – rather comfortable, easy and non-challenging. It doesn’t really require too much work and often allows us to be a little laid back. However, often until you do push yourself a little (or a lot)…
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If you’re in business, then reality is, you’ve got sales to action, so of course your sales conversion rate is important. As an experienced business coach and marketer, I know some people just say “so do more marketing” but can be wasteful. Firstly, you’re wasting marketing dollars with potentially ineffective means to convert those opportunities…
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