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MAKE MORE PROFIT – FIRE CLIENTS
“You must be crazy. Didn’t you say last month that one of the quickest ways of growing your business is to have more clients!” Let me just qualify what I mean. Well, actually let’s qualify your clients. Whenever I see … Continue reading
Succession Planning – How To Break It Gently
As the baby boomer generation approaches retirement, or in some cases has gone beyond their ideal retirement age, so succession planning rears it’s ugly head. I say ugly, because succession planning within a family business is a potential minefield of … Continue reading
The Coffee Shop Dilemma
Where should your loyalty lie? With a locally owned coffee shop or the global success Starbucks? When you spend a dollar locally it is respent in the community again and again. In macroeconomic language this is the “local fiscal multiplier”. … Continue reading
Posted in Goal Setting, Strategy
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ROUND THE BEND, MIND MAPPING AND NON-LINEAR THINKING
I had the pleasure of talking to a local networking group about non-linear thinking. I was talking about mind mapping and how it can be used to pull together diverse ideas or actions around a central concept. What really surprised … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Strategy
Tagged Business Coaching, mind mapping, strategic planning
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Get Fit For Business
Get Fit For Business One of the most frustrating experiences as a business coach is to be called in to help failing businesses. I often wish I had been called in a year earlier. A staggering 66% of micro businesses … Continue reading
Posted in Business coaching tips and hints, Strategy
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3D Business Boot Camp is about to break out of my office and launch on a previously unsuspecting world. I was looking at the purpose of boot camps: Training; Weight loss and Discipline. If you’re tired, out of shape and … Continue reading