28th February
2010
Education
28th February
2010
Whether you're a salesperson or a corporate executive, business
presentations to your target audiences are your stock in trade.
An effective presentation can serve to communicate your message,
enhance your credibility, and close the deal. On the other hand,
a poor presentation can diminish even the most promising product
or service.
When it comes to a business presentation, procrastination won't
serve you well. Preparation is key to successful business
presentations. Whether you're preparing ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
27th February
2010
Education
27th February
2010
I can't think of any business alive today that couldn't benefit
from at least a minor presence on the web. Now that I've made
that statement, I'm sure someone will point out one. My point
is, however, that having a web presence today is about as cheap
as anything going and if you ever get one client or sale from
the web you are way ahead.
How many times have you come across someone who would be ideal
as one of your customers. They have about a minute to talk to
you and you don't happen to have ...Read the rest of this entry »
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26th February
2010
Business
26th February
2010
How to Kill Your Business in Two Easy Steps By Monty J. Sharp,
Certified Comprehensive Coach http://www.workteamcoaching.com
Every calling is great when greatly pursued. - Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935)
Learning From Failure
Here's a dismal statistic for you: Of the new businesses that
fail, 80 percent do so within the first five years. Why?
According to The Executive Committee, a San Diego based
organization that works exclusively with its more than 6000
member CEOs, the reasons for ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
25th February
2010
Marketing
25th February
2010
Consider the following quote from author and Fortune 500
business consultant, Lance Secretan:
"The primary purpose of an organization is not to make a
profit. It is to help human beings grow, express their
creativity, contribute their life-source and make the world a
better place. The purpose of an organization is to inspire the
soul."
That's an interesting quote. It may seem a bit in-credible to
you. Possibly even irresponsible. After all, how can an
organization expect to survive without ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
24th February
2010
Change or Die! To Change Your Organization, Hire a Business Coach
By David s. Levine
It is a common business axiom ' change or die. As a small or
mid-sized business owner or a manager, there will be times you
will need to make changes in your organization but may not be
sure how to go about it. Change is hard to implement and even
harder to sustain. Think about all of the people who have
trouble sticking to a diet or quitting smoking or keeping up
with an exercise program, let alone just ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
23rd February
2010
I'm a business coach. I've worked with hundreds of small, medium
and very large business, and over the course of the past eleven
years, I've asked my business coaching clients endless questions
which have helped them achieve much greater levels of success
than they would have otherwise. While the following may not be
the only ten questions -- or even THE ten questions, they are
ten questions that you must answer if you want your business to
flourish. The right answers are critical to your ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
22nd February
2010
Education
22nd February
2010
How is the health of your business? Take a quick pulse by
looking at the following areas:
1. Financials - key items to look at are your balance sheet,
income (or profit & loss) statement and cash flow statement. Is
your equity, profit margin and cash flow growing? If not, why
not? If so, what plans do you have with your growing cash flow?
Reinvestment? Expansion? Capital Investment? Acquisition? Do you
have any major expenditures coming up on the horizon? If so,
will you have sufficient cash or ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
21st February
2010
Coaching your Small Business to Success No matter how large or
small a business you operate, hiring an executive coach is no
longer a luxury ' it's a necessity in today's highly competitive
business environment. No matter what your management and
personality style, there's an executive or business coach for
you.
Let's face it, most business owners' stick to the tried-and-true
methods. We've all discovered, by trial and often costly error,
what works best for our companies. However, a business ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
21st February
2010
Self Improvement
20th February
2010
Business
20th February
2010
I try to write articles that will be of help to the business
owner and I believe this one will, too. It may sound a little
self serving at times because, after all, I am a business coach.
However, I get many questions and there is some confusion as to
what makes a good business coach.
Almost every life, fitness and spiritual coach out there who has
at least one business person as a client has now attached the
"Business Coach" moniker to their list of services. Are they
really business coaches? ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
19th February
2010
Education
19th February
2010
My clients and many of my readers are small and home-based
business owners, and one of the biggest struggles they face is
getting new customers.
Getting new customers is costly and requires a repeated effort.
Once you have a customer it is easier to retain them as long as
they are receiving value and benefit from their relationship
with you.
I recall a woman I dealt with years ago while I was serving as
an executive member for our police association.
The legal name of the association was ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
18th February
2010
Whether you are seeking capital for your company or are
optimizing your business strategy, the most important element -
particularly for outside investors - may be your written
business plan. You can tune-up and supercharge your plan using
this 19-step checklist. When your written plan firmly answers
yes to each of these 19 questions, your market/product strategy
is in terrific shape plus you increase the odds of attracting
investment capital.
If you don't already have a written business plan - ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
17th February
2010
Conversation with an Executive Coach
'What do you do?' The proverbial question we get asked day in
and day out by strangers, acquaintances, family, and friends. We
are conditioned to answer with our current job or career.
Thanks to an anticipated, planned for and welcomed career
change, my new answer is some version of 'I am a professional
coach.'
And the standard response back is, 'Really, for what sport?'
'The game of life,' I say and then the conversation either stops
in its tracks, or ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
17th February
2010
Business
16th February
2010
Copyright 2005 Donna Gunter
The notion of doing a business retreat for myself is very new,
although not novel, as we used to conduct a retreat each year as
a part of both the Student Affairs staff and the Residence Life
staff at the college where I once worked. When I heard about
this same concept for self-employed business owners from Chris
Barrow of The Business Coaching Company,
http://www.thebusinesscoachingco.com, I thought, "Why am I not
doing that for myself?" Thus, my Annual Business ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
16th February
2010
Education
15th February
2010
Updating my will has been on my mind for quite some time now.
Life circumstances change, kids grow-up, financial situations
changes. I procrastinated for a very long time about this will.
Now that it is, I feel very satisfied and pleased. There is
peace in that corner of my mind that nagged and nagged about it
for so long. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize
that people, myself included, avoid making out wills because
they don't want to confront their own mortality or have to ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
14th February
2010
Business
14th February
2010
I am constantly doing research to find ways to get even better performance out of my clients to help them achieve their goals. Recently I attended the 2009 Maus Business Systems Accredited Partners annual conference where we saw new products and research material to improve business efficiency.
I have been working with Peter Hickey (CEO) since 1998 and through local and international affiliations I am using materials that have been developed to help successfully integrate services and ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
13th February
2010
In a world where business enterprises are becoming more and more competitive with each month passing, trying to stay on top or keep up can prove to be a superhuman effort if not provided with the right tools to achieve the desired results. This is where independent professional human resources or recursos humanos, as translated in Spanish, companies are able to provide the expert services that seem to make the difference between success and bust for many of the companies currently operating in ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
12th February
2010
Recent studies have proven that business coaching is an up-and-coming industry - the second-fastest growing industry in the world. Business coaching is just like sports coaching ? like a sports coach coaching an athlete and trains them to get better, business coaching not only helps businesses establish organized plans for every challenge they come across, it helps set those plans in motion.Business coaching is very similar to sports coaching - a business coach helps businesses establish plans ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
12th February
2010
Education
11th February
2010
Education
11th February
2010
It's not how smart you are; it's how connected you are. The business coaching industry is increasingly looking at developments in the understanding of peak performance to help leaders and managers develop their skills. Valedictorians and technical experts are toppling from their pedestals as a large amount of research confirms a new formula for stardom in the workplace. The qualities of EQ, or one's 'emotional intelligence quotient,' turns out to be twice as important as IQ or technical ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
10th February
2010
News and Society
10th February
2010
Why Do a Business Plan?
To Grow (Explode) Your Business That's Why When It's In Your
Head It's Not Going to Happen
Before becoming an executive business coach, in my previous
career as an electrical engineer I discovered some key practical
things about business planning that showed me how to explode the
growth of a business.
When I was in college if I was asked to design something my
designs always worked'.on paper.
When I got out of college, my boss would frequently come to me
and ask if I ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
9th February
2010
FREDERICK, MD ' Business coach? The emergence of business coaching is helping many small, local businesses in this challenging economy. Yet, the concept of coaching, outside the athletic arena, is still a fairly new one, particularly in the business world. Once a luxury as a resource affordable only to Fortune 5000 companies, business coaching is now accessible to even solo practitioners. But what is business coaching anyway? Is it a financial advisor/tax consultant who can show business ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
9th February
2010
People sometimes struggle in the field of business. Most especially the newbies. They need some advise on what they are going to do in some circumstances or when problem arises. So this is the time a business coach is needed. Most new businessmen don't have a well written strategic plan and business plan. A business coach could help and guide them through a process to develop those plans. When you want to start a business but don't know where to start, business coaching can help you get ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
9th February
2010
Three years ago, Chris Robertson and his family moved from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast. With his own business, Robertson thought he?d have a flexible schedule to enable him to enjoy the beaches and golf courses, but unfortunately, with his business, he actually didn?t have a flexible schedule.Robertson was working all the time at his business, Beel Welding and Fabrication ? long days, every Saturday and some Sundays. And worst of all, he wasn?t making as much money as he knew he could.Three ...Read the rest of this entry »
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