Most small businesses start almost by accident or out of necessity. They then tend to grow organically, with bits and pieces being added to the pot as the business evolves. Rarely is any business designed from the beginning, but if you want to build a…
What is holding you back from achieving your goals? Time? Experience? Skills? On the face of it, all of these may be true but what if I told you these hurdles only exist because of your self-limiting beliefs. What are self-limiting beliefs? Well, these are…
Turn how you look at failure on its head It takes courage to be a business owner. It really does. Whether you always planned to be a business owner or whether you fell into it by circumstance, there is no doubt it takes courage to…
Let’s get back to basics! Clients are often surprised, and sometimes a bit resistant when I suggest this during our coaching sessions. But like much in life when you think you’ve hit a brick wall, it’s worth going back to the beginning and having a…
The power of feedforward for performance reviews Running and growing your own business successfully depends a lot on your ability to keep yourself motivated and focused on the end goal. When things don’t go according to plan, it’s your resilience that keeps you going. Your…
Finding your superpower? Priceless Priceless because once you have defined what is your business’s superpower, price won’t factor into customer buying decisions. People will buy from you, regardless of price, because the benefits of doing business with you are so amazing that price becomes irrelevant.…
Some people plan to be business owners; others come into it via circumstance, maybe because of a redundancy or a need for more flexibility around family responsibilities. However they turn to it, it is usually with the idea of relying on their industry expertise to…
I’ve recently started using a short assessment quiz that helps business owners to identify the key area they should be focusing on in their business. Would you be surprised if I were to tell you that results so far show that 50% of business owners…
Have you ever been through change? Of course, you have. How did you feel about it? Can you remember? Did you even understand you were going through change at the time? You may be asking why I am musing about change, as a business coach?…
Positivity³ – how to feed the thrive mindset We’ve all heard the term: the power of positive thinking. But have you heard of Positivity to the Power of Three, or as we like to call it, Positivity³? Well, Positivity³ is the term we’ve coined in…
Will your business still be around in 5 years? And how do you make sure it is? According to the Small Business Administration (SBA)* 20% of small businesses fail in the first year, 50% after five years, and only 33% make it to 10 years…
So, the clocks have moved forward! First implemented in the UK in May 1916, daylight savings time is aimed at maximising the use of sunlight and conserving energy. Unfortunately, today’s proliferation of electronic devices means the actual energy savings are negligible, but we do get…
