With the release of an Artisan grants program (see link below), I thought it relevant and timely to discuss exactly what an artisan business is, and some of their challenges and differences from most other businesses. The word Artisan is French and means skilled craft workers who make or create items by hand. These…
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Who wants to do business with (or work for) a cranky person? When it comes to doing business with someone, whether that’s a customer, supplier, boss or employee – the fact that they can do the job is important. The fact that the pricing is right is important also. But almost as important is whether…
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To succeed in business you do require self-discipline. To me, discipline is not a bad thing. Many people balk at the idea of discipline and if you look up the meaning of ‘discipline’ it is “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.” – I…
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As a business coach, you’re probably wondering why I would be talking about not expanding. For a start, whilst 90% of my clients are looking for business growth or expansion, I do work with some who actually do NOT want to expand or grow. For them, working with me is about working better, more efficiently…
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For any business these days, our phones are one of our important tools of the trade. For some of us, we live on our phone and can do anything from it – especially if you are in business. I recently got the iPhone 8 (and love it) which got me thinking to how to best…
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I think at some time or another we’ve ‘lost it’ or experienced someone in a business environment ‘lose it’ and display a degree of anger that just is not on. Displaying anger in your business can literally be deadly. Let’s look at how business anger is deadly…
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The importance of having fun in the workplace can’t be overlooked by business owners especially when it makes employees more efficient at work. Why will you make the office gloomy when you can make the work fun and productive at the same time? Employees who work in a happy working environment tend to work harder…
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I wrote an article for Soar Collective about being a female leader in business. As I said, leaders and entrepreneurs aren’t born… they are made by finding their way through the challenges around them. I, myself, was brought up with limiting beliefs. I was made to believe that as a girl I would need…
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One of the most painful aspects of being in business is getting paid. If you’ve been in business more than five seconds and offer credit, then you know what I am talking about. There is everything from the “I’m not happy so I’m not paying” comment, right through to complete ‘ghosting’ where you are completely…
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The face of the bookkeeping industry is hugely changing. The last 5 years have seen massive changes and I don’t believe those changes will stop, pause or even slow down. In fact, I believe they will accelerate. So what are those changes? The three main changes in the bookkeeping industry…
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