How we represent success to ourselves is a major influence over how we live our lives. So our representation had best be ‘our truth’; what we really feel and believe. The possibility is though, that it’s quite easy for that…
What we stress about has a profound effect on many things in our lives: our health, our happiness, our well-being overall, our ability to make good decisions, how we come through to other people, our leadership, to name a few.…
Consider whether your business has significant points of difference, a distinct competitive advantage or a unique selling proposition. Do so objectively, honestly and with the input from someone outside of your business … it’s difficult to make these judgements for people…
Businesses go to significant effort to create products they can profitably sell. But having a quality product is sometimes not enough especially if there are buying or selling blockages at play. This article looks at some typical blockages and how…
One of the most productive ways to generate business revenue is through referrals. This article gives a variety of ways to get them, on three fronts: Referrals to source new clients Referrals are much easier to derive from relationships than…
1. If you’re too busy …. you’re probably too cheap. Being too busy is one of the worst excuses used to justify not changing the business. Being busy is a strong sign to seriously consider increasing prices. By doing that,…
Business owners and key people in private business have every right to claim that it’s one thing to think about or know what to do to improve the business but finding the time to implement change is extremely difficult. We…
What value do you get from your planning days? We need to make the most of them, to create significant and positive improvements for the future. Here are some ‘musts’ to run high value Planning days: First, planning days should…
Every business, small or large, should engage in strategic thinking. Strategic thinking is: Futuristic Open (for input from a variety of thinkers/people) Boundless (in its coverage and possibilities) Ongoing and consistent (not just a planning session nor conference) Challenging (to…