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…
In one of my previous articles, I looked at five alternatives to business coaching. This time, I thought I would answer some of the questions often asked about business coaching in particular. If you have any more at the end of it, just get in…
Every leader is different, so are your employees Of the seven keys to building high performance teams, the first key is leadership. For a very good reason. You can’t expect your team to transform your business by themselves, after all, can you? Your team…
Even the best leaders have blind spots. No matter how successful or confident a leader may be, there are likely to be areas for development and behaviours that limit their career progress or ability to truly excel. These blind spots can manifest in any area…
When Times are Tough, Service Matters Most…More Than Ever… There seems to be a constant stream of bad news at the moment. In the course of a few short months, we lost our respected and much-loved Queen, we’ve had two new PMs, the Pound took…
What, I’m no longer just the boss? Coaching business owners focused on growing their business, it’s inevitable that some of these owners find themselves leading teams as the business expands. It’s a natural progression. And it’s always interesting to witness that moment when they realise…
High performing teams drive high performing businesses Whether you have 10 members of staff or 1000, you need to create a high performance team if you want to make a real success of your business. And I know of no better tool for getting the…
“Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.” – Bill Gates Now, obviously, as a business coach, I think every business owner can benefit from one of our coaching programmes, whether one-on-one or as…
I may be direct but….. You know, recently one of my clients commented that I was very direct, but they saw this as a real positive thing, a unique selling point of sorts. Well, I don’t know if I’d go that far, but I do…
