I wanted to share a story with you. A true story. A few years back I lost a client worth $12K per annum. It was my fault, although at the time I was a little peeved at the lack of understanding from the client. Let me tell you what happened. A very…
No matter how we think we are already savvy in doing things in business, we still need outside help and a valuable outside perspective to guide us on how we will be able to get from where we are now in our business to where we want to be. We need business coaching. …
Mentors and coaches (the experienced ones) have been in your place before and know all about business. Myself, I ran (and grew) a string of businesses for 15 years before I told them. I’ve personally experienced the challenges, pains, frustrations … as well, of course, the wins, triumphs and victories. An experienced coach will have…
As a business coach, I often see how business owners operate and I wonder at the seriousness of their business activities. If you don’t take your business seriously; how can you expect prospective clients to do so? Some examples to see how serious are you about your business: Image…
As a business coach, I’m often asked exactly what I do … so I thought this would be a great opportunity to share some real examples – the things I did for my business coaching clients last month. Now obviously to protect my clients, I may have changed a few of the details or their…
As a business coach, I work with so many different people and whilst skill, knowledge and ability certainly are major factors in achieving great results, being successful and realising goals and dreams – it does come back often to mindset. Quite honestly, if your business mindset is wrong, then you’re pushing jello up a wall…
Whatever the large organisations want to call it – reshuffle, restructure, redundancy – the cold hard fact is that you no longer have a job. The banks are big on cutbacks at present, but they are not the only ones. Organisations are moving to technology, of offshoring where labour costs are incredibly low. …
For coaches, consultants, trainers, advisors and many professional, education-based marketing is a great way to market your business. This is because it builds trust with your audience and allows them to get to know you. They will feel a connection and will see you are in fact very knowledgeable in what you do. Over the…
As a business coach, one of my jobs is to problem-solve and, of course, to help businesses get in more business through effective marketing, sales strategies and repeat business. So, it makes sense that when FB (Facebook) changes how they do things, I need to let small businesses know how to deal with this. …
As a coach to other business coaches, I thought I’d share a few pointers on what helps towards making a good coaching business. This is just seven of many tips I share with business coaching clients. Whilst you may well know this, are you practising it? Sometimes we just need timely reminders to prompt us to get back…