When I’m business coaching clients and we’re talking about goals, I always ask what the ‘end game’ is (exit strategy). What does the person want to do at the end of the day? Is the objective to start or grow a business, to franchise, or sell, purely be a cash cow or perhaps be their…
As an experienced business coach, I am being asked a lot lately whether someone should start a new business in the current economic climate. This is an excellent question and I’m pleased people are considering things fully before jumping in. There is no simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer, but rather, each situation (and person) is…
***Guest blog post by author Reba Webb on choosing the right office furniture The overall features of your workplace, such as structure, layout, and aesthetics, are critical, not only to impress your clients but to ensure employee productivity and engagement as well. Multiple studies reveal the importance of office environment in the well-being, performance,…
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…
Most business mentors and coaches have experienced many aspects of business; they have experienced what you are experiencing and know how to achieve positive results. They have the best knowledge of how your business will work well and under which circumstances. Running a start-up? You may need to hire a business mentor or coach for…
Often called ‘seed funding’ every new business requires a level of start up capital. As an experienced business coach, two things I hear from new business owner about their new business, is that (a) they didn’t expect it to be such hard work, and (b) they didn’t expect it would cost so much to get…
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. …
Starting and running business needs money, but there are ways to lower such a requirement to the bare minimum. The idea is to start small, grow…