How do you refer to the people who work in your business? Please also note I didn’t say people who work FOR you or people who work UNDER you. Do you call these people your EMPLOYEES, your members of STAFF or something else? This is…
One of the many benefits we can take from lockdown is that people are starting to realise that procrastination is pish! I’ve seen faster action in the last few weeks than in any other 3 week period in a long while. Why? At last people…
There is no point being the best architect in your market, the best plumber in your locale, the best coach in your community if noone knows who you are!!!!!!!!!! It’s a bit like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you do…
We have a formula we use in ActionCOACH to help frame the personal development journey to “success”. BE x DO = HAVE 1. Define what you want to HAVE (experiences, relationships, possessions, abilities, giving) 2. This clarity makes it easier to understand what you need…
The philosophy with which I operate my coaching business is centred around a very simple equation called R+R=R+R. Results + Relationships = Retention + Referral. If clients are getting good results and doing business together is enjoyable (ie the relationship is strong) then you create…
I’ve been watching a client consistently implement some excellent disciplines in their business and their lives recently. And it’s a great example to illustrate this picture on my office wall. The disciplines they are implementing are actually very small bite-sized things they do on a…
How often do you genuinely intend to do something, then sit on it, ponder it, kick it around, chat with others about it, get busy with other stuff and then, in the end….not do it?! Jim Rohn said that there is a Law of Diminishing…
We often teach that in business one of the most costly phrases is “I know”. People have said before “I know. I know. I should stop doing X” or “I should start doing Y” and then don’t do it! So if you had aspirations of…
Are you a supplier to or partner of your clients? Had an interesting coaching session with a professional services client yesterday in which we discussed this question. I’d never used Partick Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team framework in the context of a ‘seller/buyer’ relationship…
Interesting conversation with my coach Rob Pickering yesterday. The topic for discussion was a mantra we share at ActionCOACH….. “you don’t grow a business. You grow people and they grow the business“. So here’s the thing. I 100%, categorically, unequivocally, as-if-my-life-depended-upon-it believe this. I really…
