I've noticed this week, there is still a lot of faith in the SME sector in Sydney! Clients are reporting best ever months, best ever qtrs, increases of 50% in conversion rate and rapport with customers they have never experienced before. So, why are these people getting results when the wider Business Community is faltering? It's simple ........ better knowledge The Economic Climate and the news... by Craig Brewster
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Economic 'Climate Warming'
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New Skills for A New Economy
With the economy bouncing around a bit it is important for business owners to realize that there skills need to change as the marketplace changes. A couple of items to consider: Negotiating - now is a great time to improve your negotiating skills so that you can improve your cash flow with your land lord, your suppliers and potentially your customers. Financials - accounting is the language... by Steve Brock -
What can a Cargo Ship teach us about business strategy?
What can a Cargo Ship teach us about business strategy? A huge thank you to John Sharp of Kooltech who shared this story with me at a networking function last week in Renfewshire. Question - How do cargo ships arrange their containers? Now before being told this story, my answer would have been, arranged by weight and ensuring containers were able to be unloaded in a timely manner to make... by M Asim Afzal -
Inspirational Quote for the Day
"It is not necessary to do extraodinary things to get extraordinary results - just do the ordinary." - Warren Buffet, the Oracle of Omaha by Joanna Shows, MHS -
TWO HABITS THAT WILL GET YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT
Getting the great results we want- whether it be in life or in business- is the sort of elusive topic that fills libraries and seminar rooms. How many New Year's resolutions have you accomplished so far? How many busted dreams do you keep hidden in dark confines of your mind? How's all that working for you? This inability to produce results get further complicated when we start dreaming... by Alex Fleming
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Coaching Commons
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CBS News: Health Reform and Integrative Care
6 Nov 2009 | 6:02 amNovember 6, 2009 – CBS News – New York, NY, US As health care reform heads into the next phase, Congress will miss the boat if it ends up perpetuating a system that reacts to illness rather than preventing it. Chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes wreck our quality of life and cost a fortune. For obesity alone, according to The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the annual medical price tag in the United States is $147 billion. In recent years there has been debate about whether preventive services would actually lower health costs. Preventive medicine must… -
Talking with Noel Posus: Coach of the Year
5 Nov 2009 | 6:47 pmWhat’s the most important step that coaching can take to advance the profession worldwide? Why are coaches in Australia getting out of coaching? And why would anyone criticize Noel Posus for calling himself a “Master Coach?” Posus, recently named Coach of the Year by the Australian New Zealand Coaching Institute, has been a coach for two decades, and spoke with the Coaching Commons on a wide range of issues facing coaching, including the debate over the ICF’s proposed changes in certification and the need to address what Posus believes are widespread misperceptions… -
Ledger-Enquirer: On the Job with Mark Fryer
5 Nov 2009 | 6:44 amNovember 5, 2009 – Ledger-Enquirer – Columbus, GA, US Mark Fryer knows what it takes to get you hired. After all, he has spent more than three decades helping companies find qualified employees. For 35 years, Fryer worked in human resource management in the manufacturing, distribution and service sectors, including stints as vice president of human resources for Tom’s Foods Inc. in Columbus and VP of global human resources for Dresser Inc. in Milwaukee. In May, Fryer and his family moved back to Columbus. He set up shop as an independent human resources consultant with Lawrence,… -
Computer World: Peter Drucker as Life Coach–Book Shares His Wisdom
5 Nov 2009 | 6:39 amNovember 4, 2009 – Computer World – Framingham, MA, US Most people think of Peter Drucker as a business visionary, and for good reason. Drucker, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated posthumously this month, was a renowned management professor and consultant, retained by some of the biggest and most powerful companies, including General Electric, Procter & Gamble and IBM. He was also a prolific writer, having published 39 books on management and penned a column for The Wall Street Journal for 20 years, in addition to writing for Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic and other… -
Centre Daily Times: Life Coach Can Offer Support to Job Seekers
5 Nov 2009 | 6:36 amNovember 3, 2009 – Centre Daily Times – State College, PA, US “I need to get organized. I need someone to teach me how,” she said. “I need to find out the purpose of my life. I just don’t seem to have a purpose anymore.” Barker’s tale is too familiar in today’s workplace. She spent almost 20 years in various positions at the Orange (Calif.) Caregiver Resource Center, one of 11 agencies established by the state to assist families of brain-impaired adults. She had risen to the position of community education assistant. She planned events and…
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Communicating Your Service Aura.
21 Oct 2009 | 12:18 pmThis presentation by Rory Sutherland humorously makes the case for selling the intangible benefits of our products and services. Making the sale often depends on our ability to communicate product or brand benefits that transcend product utility. Marketers tend to think in terms of “solutions” to customer problems — customers are thirsty, so we give them soda pop, they are ambitious so we sell them on college degrees, they want to escape reality so we give them reality TV. There is another dimension in which needs and wants exist. I call them higher order needs and wants. -
B2B Researched Marketing Truths.
15 Oct 2009 | 10:54 amAre you marketing your coaching practice to businesses? The Institute for the Study of Business Markets celebrated its 25th anniversary this summer, with a two-day conference probing the current and future state of business marketing practice. How many of these “indelible truths” apply to your business? Understand, quantify, demonstrate and document customer value. When both seller and buyer focus on creating value and sharing its benefits, everyone wins. Look beyond what customers say. Finding customers’ real hot buttons, and understanding how different purchasing influencers… -
Twitpress Offers A Simple Way to Add Your Blog Posts to Twitter.
14 Oct 2009 | 11:30 amIf you have a coaching blog AND a Twitter account, consider having your blog posts automatically added to your Twitter feed. I use Tweetable for my Emerge Communications blog but wanted something even simpler to use for Coaching News. The solution is a Wordpress blog plugin called Twitpress. It’s incredibly easy to install and activate. You just need to download and activate the plugin, go to the “Tools” menu on your Wordpress dashboard, enter your Twitter account information, and you are ready to post away! What I like about Twitpress is that there is no complicated API… -
Why Are Customer Testimonials So Effective?
14 Oct 2009 | 11:16 amSome marketing pitches are so over-loaded with testimonials from “satisfied customers,” one wonders if the business is really that good, or if the owner has a long list of friends and family members who are willing to say nice things about the company. In fact, most testimonials do create a favorable impression — that’s why we use them! The question is: why are they so effective? A recent article in Scientific American gives us an answer. “How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results” explains why clients sometimes reject the “facts”… -
Email and Social Networking: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
12 Oct 2009 | 1:33 pmWe all know about Twitter and its phenomenal growth during the past year. Last night I read a post about Facebook’s share of social networking traffic jumping from 20% to 59%, leading the vast migration to social networking sites, or what I like to call the “Famous for 15 Minutes. . .Or Less” web sites. Then, today, comes this article from the Wall Street Journal about the demise of email and a follow-up piece from OnlineMediaDaily suggesting that email might still have a role to play in the way that people communicate. All this makes me wonder if the growing popularity of…
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Maximize Possibility Blog
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This Week's Featured Possibility Maximizer: The Marshall Goldsmith Library
6 Nov 2009 | 6:46 amEvery week I like to feature a resource that I feel will help you Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. This week I would like to feature an excellent collection of online resources from one of my favorite business minds: Marshall Goldsmith. The Resource: The Marshall Goldsmith Library What it Covers: The Marshall Goldsmith Library is a powerful online collection of articles and other resources from one of the most influential business thinkers of our time. On this site you will find a wide variety of resources including research articles, white papers, podcasts,… -
Carnival of Leadership Development is Live at Great Leadership by Dan
2 Nov 2009 | 9:53 pmThe latest Carnival of Leadership Development is up and live at Dan McCarthy's Great Leadership blog. Head on over for a great collection of almost 50 leadership and talent management posts from a wide range of the industry's top bloggers! While you're there be sure to browse around Dan's blog... I promise you won't be disappointed! -
The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week
1 Nov 2009 | 11:20 pmI like to start every week by pointing you to my choices for the top five talent management, leadership development, and human resource management blog posts from the past week. Here's what I've enjoyed reading this past week: Don't Let Your Strength Become Your Weakness - Researchers interviewed 18,000 U.K. leaders over a decade (1999 to 2009) to discover what derailed them under pressure. They identified 11 derailers — strengths which turned into flaws under pressure. Watch for a future blog post I am writing titled - "Is Your Organization Too Politically Correct?". A Better Way… -
Are You a Victim of "Satisfactory" Performance?
31 Oct 2009 | 3:57 pmA reader comment on my recent blog highlighting the importance of employee performance measurement got me thinking about how we frame the idea of employee performance management. One reader writes: I think if the work is getting done satisfactorily that an employee is performing well. I can't get over one word in the sentence above: satisfactory - what an un-inspiring word! As I see it, when it comes to employee performance, this is a word that equates to good enough and encourages the minimum effort required to get by. I don't mean to imply that workers don't want to do... -
This Week's Featured Possibility Maximizer: Log Me In Free
30 Oct 2009 | 6:23 amEvery week I like to feature an online resource that I feel will help you in your quest to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. I have a great resource for you this week that allows you to remotely access any computer you work on for free. The Resource: Log Me In Free What It Is: Log Me In is a totally free software download that allows you to remotely access any computer you install the software on from anywhere you have internet access. When you access your computer via Log Me In Free you will...
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Small Business Blog | Entrepreneur Blog for Business Owners
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Protecting Yourself and Your Company from H1N1
6 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pmAs winter approaches, business owners may start seeing employees taking sick days as common colds and the flu start spreading. Business owners should be especially concerned with the spread of the H1N1 virus, also known as the Swine Flu.It is always a good idea to have a plan in place for your business should something like the H1N1 affect your office. You don’t want your business goals to be affected because of this. If the flu should affect several people in your office it can be detrimental to your business and affect your business success. H1N1 is contagious and is typically spread from… -
Top 5 Job Description Mistakes
30 Oct 2009 | 12:46 pmAs the new year approaches, business owners may be looking into or getting ready to hire new staff to start in 2010. It is important when advertising an open position that you have the correct job descriptions so the applicants you receive have the correct skill set that you’re looking for. It is important to make sure your job descriptions are in alignment with your business strategy to ensure your business success. TAB-Certified Facilitator and coach, Blair Koch, discusses on her blog, Alone at the Top, the top 5 job descriptions mistakes.“Job descriptions—just the thought brings… -
Rewarding Your Employees During the Holidays
23 Oct 2009 | 2:12 pmThe holiday season is just around the corner and business owners may be wondering if and or how they’re going to be able to give their employee a holiday bonus. With the tough economy , budgets are low and there may not be funds to give employees what they are used to around the holiday season. This is a time where owners need to be creative and use some of their best business ideas on their employees.Although you may not have the budget to hand out your normal holiday gifts and bonuses, there are other options available to reward your employees for their hard work through the year.Provide… -
Changing the Bad Customer’s Perspective
16 Oct 2009 | 2:21 pmNot only should it be a goal of the business owner’s to keep their customers happy, it is crucial to ensure business success. Problem customers not only create a problem for the business owner/manager to deal with when the problem occurs, but they can also create a larger problem by spreading a bad word to other current/potential customers and clients about your business. We all know it’s important to keep the customer happy but how do you turn an angry customer into an advocate for your business?In a post on their blog, Chief Executive Boards gives seven ways to turn what could be a… -
Using Meta-Data to Help Your SEO Efforts
8 Oct 2009 | 12:35 pmAs a business owner, it is crucial that the content of your Web site is the best it can be. Make sure you make it clear what exactly your business does, what products and services you offer, list your contact information, etc. By providing pertinent information on your site, you are helping promote your company and get your brand out in the market. Having the above information can help when potential clients are searching the internet for a new product or service but you can, and should, take your efforts another step to help with your search engine optimization.In a post called, SEO For…
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Business Energetix Blog
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Chloe's Chronicles Volume III, Number 8
14 Oct 2009 | 8:52 amMeet Chloe, Business Energetix’s Management Muse. When she joined us in 2006 as the official Office Dog, we quickly realized she had talent far beyond the scope of her position. Read on to see how she serves as a constant source of instruction and inspiration for exploring the challenges of management. Chloe’s Chronicles Hey friends and fans—Chloe here and I have some very exciting news to share. DRUM ROLL PLEASE! I’ve been promoted from Business Energetix Management Muse to wizard and my new title is MizBizWiz. The perks of the position… -
Chloe's Chronicles Volume III, Number 7
17 Aug 2009 | 10:57 amChloe’s Chronicles:Views from the Management Muse Hey friends—Chloe here. I love the dog days of summer! I spend hours each day lying in the grass, tummy in the air, working on my tan. I get to walk down to the river a couple times each day and take a big gulp of that cold water, retrieve a tennis ball, chase some ducks or just paddle around to cool off. I noticed something rather interesting about the river that I want to tell you. Even when I go to the same spot on the riverbank and step in over the very same rocks, I am in a different river every… -
Chloe's Chronicles Volume III, Number 6
14 Jul 2009 | 5:21 pmMeet Chloe, Business Energetix’s Management Muse. When she joined us in 2006 as the official Office Dog, we quickly realized she had talent far beyond the scope of her position. Read on to see how she serves as a constant source of instruction and inspiration for exploring the challenges of management. Chloe’s Chronicles:Views from the Management Muse Today Chloe is giving a big shout out to the new kids on the block. Meeting them was another big adventure in the life and times of the Management Muse. We live on the outer edge of an urban area… -
Chloe's Chronicles Volume III, Number 5
2 Jun 2009 | 9:03 pmChloe’s Chronicles:Views from the Management Muse I am pleased to report that, despite Chloe’s many attempts to thwart the process, we were able to keep her paw covered and clean long enough for her wound to heal and she is back to her normal loveable self once again. Chloe’s injury and healing process highlighted for me one of the critical elements of effective business leadership—assessing the current situation and understanding what has changed. She was slow to recognize the change and resisted the new limitations, making the whole process more challenging for… -
Chloe's Chronicles Volume III, Number 4
27 Apr 2009 | 7:24 amChloe’s Chronicles:Views from the Management Muse Hey friends and fans! Chloe the Management Muse here, writing directly to you this time. As wonderful as Marti is, rescuing me from the animal shelter and all that, I don’t think she gets what’s going on with me right now. So, I thought I’d take it directly to you and ask for your advice. A few days ago, my life was going along just fine—wake everybody up, eat, sleep, walk, sleep, car ride, sleep, beg for treat, sleep, walk, eat, sleep. And then, an unpleasant surprise totally messed it up…
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Business Coaching
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Selling Hope - A Legitimate Practice?
5 Nov 2009 | 1:09 amSelling hope is a commonly used and powerful technique in business which can be misused to promote scams but buying hope can create a powerful emotion on its own and satisfy the need to take action. -
I Feel Good - James Brown's Marketing Lesson
3 Nov 2009 | 9:03 amBehind every purchase is a a desire to feel better about yourself which I remember through James Brown's classic "I Feel Good". There are four basic ways to feel good which underpin emotional marketing. -
Using Brain Based Marketing to Engineer Irrefusable Offers
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Business Book Reviews October 2009
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How To Market Your Business For Next To Nothing
31 Oct 2009 | 12:18 am"How To Market Your Business For Next To Nothing: 119 Ideas and Tips On How To Market A Small Business On A Small Budget" by Rob Warlow is a practical marketing guide that does what it says on the cover.
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Internet Business Coaching by Terry Dean
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Are You this Passionate?
5 Nov 2009 | 5:37 amHow passionate are you about your business? I’ve covered before that it’s entirely possible to build a profitable business doing something you don’t enjoy…but the big question is WHY would you want to do that? There are SO MANY opportunities online. There are so many ways you can make money. Why force yourself to do something you absolutely hate. Here’s a video I enjoyed that really demonstrates the “passion” you can have in business. I didn’t especially enjoy the ‘language” he uses or agree with him fully on the message, but the… -
Building a List – FAST
2 Nov 2009 | 6:36 amHave you ever heard the expression, “The money is in the list?” It’s only half true. The truth is the money is in a relationship with a list. People buy from those they know, like, and trust. It’s those factors that make it so important to build a list. For example, I work with Glenn Livingston quite a bit. He has entered more than 17 markets successfully. In every single one he did his research…so he knew the prospects better than the competition. But that research was only one element of the success. He then used that insider knowledge to build opt-in email… -
Will The Real You Please Stand Up?
29 Oct 2009 | 1:07 pmHave you ever noticed that it seems everyone wants to go along with the crowd? Someone decides to make a break from the routine. They step out and become an entrepreneur. But many of those who have taken the first step…they overcame their initial fears of starting their own business…they still go back into the routine. They simply follow along and do exactly like others. For example, you’ve probably noticed that in the internet marketing space the majority of people sound the same. They make the same overarching promises. They promote the exact same items – often all… -
How to Have Fun At Work
26 Oct 2009 | 5:22 amDo you have fun at work? If not, you must not be doing it right! Glenn Livingston recently posted to his blog about why he felt the Work/Play attitude was a wrong way to look at things. Of course I agree. I have a LOT of fun in my business, but I also had a few disagreements with his original post. So we emailed back and forth for several days about them. We decided to get on the phone with each other and discuss what we felt the work/life balance meant to each of us….to you. Would you like to… - Have more fun while working - Discover several fun and easy brainstorming exercises -… -
10 Ways to Lose Money Online
22 Oct 2009 | 9:56 amWow - Losing Money Sure Is Easy! Sometimes the best way to brainstorm is by going in reverse. Instead of stressing yourself out trying to figure out the solution to the problem, have fun coming up with ways to make the problem MUCH WORSE than it already is. You’ll learn more about how this strategy works Monday when I post a free audio Glenn Livingston and I did together on How to Have WAY More Fun in Your Internet Business. Since we’re always talking about how to make more money, let’s turn it in reverse and have a little fun coming up with ways to lose money from our…
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Small Business Coaching & Transitions
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Ideas For Making Social Media A Two-Way Street
4 Nov 2009 | 9:45 amThis is a great tip I pulled from John Hayden. Great tips John! Constructing an outbound road Get a Facebook Page and put a fanbox on your site. If you’re on Twitter, put a follow me button on your site. While we’re at it, get a blog – it’ll have an RSS feed folks can grab. If you’re a museum, have an outbound link to your Flickr gallery. If Plurk is your home, put a link on your site. Make sure these connection points show up on every appropriate page on your site – not just the home page. Put social media links in your email newsletters. Again, it’s… -
Uncommon Social Media Plan, Synergy & Integration Strategies
4 Nov 2009 | 8:15 amI have summarized these social media (SM) integration tips from Social Media Today. What I like is these are not your typical tips for why you should use social media but how to “integrate” SM into your opverall marketing mix. 3 Step Social Media Adoption Plan Devise an appropriate, tactically-agnostic social media strategy Audit your current marketing, and add social media ingredients Where necessary, add new social media programs 5 Ways to Achieve Cross-Media Synergy with Social Media Social Media + Search Marketing Social Media + Email Social Media + Virtual Events Social Media… -
Come out of the closet Collaborating Entrepreneurs! No extra charge for amazing!
2 Nov 2009 | 1:25 pmDid you know, I’m a Collaborating Entrepreneur? Earlier this year I put a call out to entrepreneurs to help me on my march to impact 1 million entrepreneurs. Two entrepreneurs answered the call, Marianne St. Clair and Shonika Proctor. Together we have been collaborating on a concept we call the CCC Triad. In the process we have spent a great deal of time supporting one another to move our collective businesses forward as well as put more structure and weight behind the CCC Triad. It wasn’t until just recently, that I decided to build a brand and identity around the… -
Do Your Customers Feel You’ve Taken Care Of Them OR Taken Advantage Of Them?
1 Nov 2009 | 7:21 pmDo Your Customers Feel You’ve Taken Care Of Them OR Taken Advantage Of Them? Would your customers say you “take care of” them or would they feel “taken advantage of”? I never thought I’d be writing about something like this but there have been two experiences that have happened recently and has motivated me to share iMIndMap what I’ve observed. Buzan (iMIndMap) Software Co. Customer Service Story I purchased iMIndMap from Buzan, they had 3 or 4 different configurations from $199-$299. I went for the $299 version to get the presentation features. At… -
Creating a post via Google Wave and Posterous!
1 Nov 2009 | 4:40 pmCreating a post via Google Wave and Posterous! Found a Google Wave extension that allows me to add to Posterous from Wave. Lets see if this works!? If you see this it worked! via google-wave-robot Posted via web from Greg’s Daily Thoughts
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Madalyn's Music Biz Blog
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Attention Bands: Welcome To Facebook, This Is Not Myspace!
5 Nov 2009 | 10:17 amby Guest Blogger Laura MarieWelcome to Facebook. If you are new here and coming over from Myspace you have noticed many differences. Social Networks for Musicians can help you navigate those differences and make the most of your Facebook experience. For now, here are some helpful Do's and Don'ts to keep you growing your network and stop you from getting blocked.Do: Post gig flyers to your wallDon't: Post gig flyers to your friend's walls. On Myspace this was acceptable. Here it's like going to someone's house and posting it on their front door.Do: Tag your photos, flyers and videos with… -
GoGirls Interview with Davina Robinson
1 Nov 2009 | 11:13 amby Madalyn Sklar What drives your music? When did you first know you had to do this thing called music or bust?From a very young age, I've wanted to do music. I hardly watched TV; I listened to music instead, fantasizing being on stage, but I was extremely shy and had severe stage freight. I would write lyrics to future songs, sing them in my room or the shower, and just kept hoping I could be good enough and fearless enough to get on stage someday. Thanks to living in Japan and being dragged to karaoke bars, I got used to singing in front of people. I was a late bloomer. When I started my… -
How To Attract 3,000 Fans In 30 Days, The Ultimate Facebook Pages Guide
28 Oct 2009 | 1:37 pmby Madalyn Sklar I have come across the best marketing guide that will help you attract Facebook fans. It's put out by the people behind AllFacebook.com, which I read regularly. How To Attract 3,000 Fans In 30 Days, The Ultimate Facebook Pages GuideThis 75-page guide to Facebook Pages teaches you:1. What’s New? - Our guide will walk you through all of the new features in the Facebook Pages product and explain how to use them.2. How To Develop A Successful Brand - The course doesn’t just provide lessons on how to use Facebook Pages but also how to build a more powerful brand on the web.3. -
Top 10 Places to Get Online Radio for Free
27 Oct 2009 | 1:31 pmMadalyn's Note: I'm passing this info along... Enjoy!Got work to do on the computer and need to make it go faster? Then grab a pair of headphones, the below top ten places to get online radio, and make the work fly by with your favorite music. Best of all, these stations are completely free to listen to and work with a pop up blocker.1. Slacker An outstanding site, it allows you to create your own personal radio on the computer. Simply select from stations such as Today’s Hits, New Country, Comedy, and others to begin. The site even has options for iPhones, iPod Touch, Blackberry, and… -
Are We LinkedIn?
20 Oct 2009 | 9:38 amby Madalyn SklarWhen we talk about the top social network sites that are a must for you to be on it's important to include LinkedIn. Because it's a professional networking site, there are incredibly great contacts for you there if you take the time to work it. Wouldn't you like to tap into the over 50 million professionals who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities? I feel it's not being utilized by most musicians and should be quickly added to your mix and updated regularly. One of my favorite features is "recommendations" where…
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The Coach Connection Blog
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The New "D" Word
1 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pmThe "D" word - DIET! Four little letters that, when strung together, somehow carry enough fire power to make all ... -
Leadership Institute to help Women Business Owners Succeed
26 Aug 2009 | 5:55 amDuring these difficult economic times business owners will want to get all of the help they can find to not ... -
Humorous Life Coaching Videos, TV Programs, Blogs, and Articles
25 Aug 2009 | 8:56 amHumorous videos, articles, TV show episodes, and blogs are being published about life coaching. -
Two Coach Connection Clients receive Enterprising Women of The Year Awards
24 Aug 2009 | 4:00 amOnce again we enjoy bragging on the successes of members of The Coach Connection Family-Our Clients. Enterprising Women Magazine announced ... -
Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google says everyone needs a coach
20 Aug 2009 | 8:00 pmEric Schmidt of Google produced a video for Fortune where he explains why everybody needs a coach and why having ...
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AllBusiness.com - The Executive Sales Coach
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Part Three: Determining When To Coach Your Salespeople, When to Provide Sales Training and When To Give Them The Answer
22 Oct 2009 | 3:00 amHere’s the third installment of the three part series. These three blogs detail how you can handle some common training and coaching scenarios that many managers find themselves in and the most appropriate approach to take in these situations as it relates to how you can best support your people in a way that achieves the results you want and need. -
Part Two: Determining When To Coach Your People, When to Provide Sales Training & When to Give Them The Answer
19 Oct 2009 | 2:05 amAs a recap from Part One, "Do I Coach Them or Train Them?" when coaching someone, The Gap is the space that exists between where the client or coachee is today and where they want or need to be. It's the void that exists between the person and their goal. As a coach, it's your responsibility to identify and fill in this gap. The question is, what exactly do you use to fill in this gap - do you coach them, train then, advise them or flat out just give them the answer? Here’s the second ... -
Do I Coach Them or Train Them? Determining When To Coach Your People and When to Train Them - Part One
15 Oct 2009 | 2:00 amWhen coaching someone, The Gap is the space that exists between where the client or coachee is today and where they want or need to be. It's the void that exists between the person and their goal. As a coach, it's your responsibility to identify and fill in this gap. The question is, what exactly do you use to fill in this gap? Part of the reason why identifying the gap is such a critical starting point in coaching is this; you must first determine whether the issue at hand is, in fact, a ... -
What Do You Coach? Coach The Gap
12 Oct 2009 | 2:30 amThe most common question I hear from managers just starting to shift from manager to coach is, "How do I recognize where it is they need and could benefit from the coaching most?" Actually, covering the specifics of what you can coach someone on, from a tactical perspective is actually the easy part. It's uncovering the who or the often very elusive and limiting thinking or outlook they have which is ultimately showing up in their actions and behavior that is the tricky part. Demonstrating this ... -
When Your Commitment To Others Sabotages Your Coaching Efforts
8 Oct 2009 | 2:25 amYes, you can actually want too much for your salespeople and your clients, more than they, in fact, may be ready for or even want for themselves. Align your coaching around the person's goals and personality, rather than trying to fit their goals and individuality into your style of coaching. If you don't, you risk setting your salespeople up for failure. You may also find yourself passing judgment on the people you coach.
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Anne Milton MP - Shadow Health Minister Officially opens Million Impossible's Entrepreneur School Guildford
30 Oct 2009 | 9:29 amWe would like to express our sincere thanks to Anne Milton MP for officially opening our Entrepreneur School in Guildford last night. The event was held The University of Surrey – Continuing Education Centre. The agenda for the evening was a follows:- 6.00pm – Registration and Meet & Greet Event Attendees 6.30pm – Welcome from Bradley and introduce Guildford Entrepreneur School Leader 6.40pm – Agenda and introductions by Peter Hartley (Guildford ES Leader) 6.45pm – Opening of the school by Anne Milton, MP (Shadow Health Minister) 6.55pm – “Looking… -
'How to Create Your Info Products to Earn You More Money and Give You More Time' Event in Sydney Wednesday, November 25
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Have you Pitched Simon Dolan yet?
26 Oct 2009 | 12:23 pmHave you pitched Simon Dolan Yet? Simon Dolan went from paperboy to “Accountancy Guru” after he created SJD Accountancy now a multi million pound business that he started with just ten pounds. Simon’s firm currently employs around 150 people. Simon is more than your average Entrepreneur, he runs a successful business and is now an active Business Angel investor. He has made the headlines recently offering a share of his £5 million investment fund to aspiring and experienced Entrepreneurs using Twitter. When Simon was introduced to me I saw that he was not a high profile TV… -
Successful Business Angel Investor puts up a £5 Million pound pot for UK Entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas
16 Oct 2009 | 9:39 amNEWS FLASH – Login to Million Impossible’s web site every day next week as we are giving our members an opportunity to pitch their business idea to a Private Entrepreneur Investor who has a £5 Million Pound pot available to invest in UK business opportunities. Do not miss your opportunity to secure investment from this high profile, success and driven UK Entrepreneur – Login and make your dreams a reality! www.millionimpossible.com -
Anne Milton MP to open Entrepreneur School Guildford 29th October 2009
16 Oct 2009 | 9:32 amI am pleased to announce that Anne Milton MP is to open Entrepreneur School Guildford. Entrepreneur School – Guildford Launches on Thursday 29th October and then every other Thursday at the same venue Location: The University of Surrey Tickets: On Sale NOW : http://esguildford.eventbrite.com We now have a further 8 Entrepreneur Schools to go live during October and November 2009. |For further information about Entrepreneur School please click here Million Impossible – The Entrepreneur Network www.annemilton.com
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The Power of Purpose
6 Nov 2009 | 10:54 amEntrepreneurial Quotes of the Day: “Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.” ~Zig Ziglar “What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.” ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Hello Fabulous Women! I am passionate and committed about the value and power of coaching, and here’s why. One of the most common things I hear from the women who contact me about my business coaching services is that they are suffering from a lack of clarity. And I do mean suffering – I can hear it in their voices. They say, “I just wish I knew what I really wanted.” And… -
If Today Was Your Last Day…
6 Nov 2009 | 6:46 amImagine if while you were on your way to work the unthinkable occurs. You’re on the freeway driving the same commute you’ve driven for the last seven years when suddenly, everything stops. Literally, the car in front of you comes to a complete stop. You swerve to avoid rear-ending that car and subsequently land yourself in a ditch which ultimately makes you eligible for a very expensive ride to the hospital of your choice. The only problem is that when you arrive the team of medical professionals discovers you are “dead on arrival”. That’s right, today was your last day. Now that… -
Tending to Your Business
4 Nov 2009 | 7:12 pmThe other day, I noticed that a plant in my office had lots of dead leaves on it. The plant looked as though it was quickly headed for the trash bin. So I decided to trim the dead leaves from it and give what was left water and some extra sun – attention. Then it hit me. Cutting away the dead leaves is a lot like firing bad clients and focusing on what is left. Now firing a client is only recommended if they are taking valuable resources away from you such as time and money. However by removing the dead leaves from your business it can grow into a healthy plant. Lesson Here – Be willing… -
La fórmula para contratar tu mejor coach.
3 Nov 2009 | 1:40 amCuando busques un Coach que te acompañe en tu camino verifica atentamente que tenga las 4C+Q. En CTCoachCode te las proporcionaremos. Código de Ética: ¿Es tu candidato a coach miembro de una organización con un código de ética definido del que se siente responsable? Si la respuesta es negativa debe aclararte que principios éticos le guían. Coach con formación específica: Pregunta qué formación específica tiene en habilidades y herramientas de coaching. La crisis ha puesto en el mercado a profesionales de otros ámbitos que se autodenominan coaches pero que nunca ha recibido… -
En CTCoachCode te ayudaremos a fijar tus metas para que alcances tu máximo potencial sea cual sea tu punto de partida.
3 Nov 2009 | 1:19 amLa vida es la gran maestra “Más importante que la inteligencia es la alegría de ver que uno es capaz de vencerse y ponerse metas y cumplirlas. Una persona con voluntad llega en la vida más lejos que una persona inteligente. Y esto lo vemos, de entrada, en el panorama del estudio, ya que éste es un termómetro que registra muchas cosas concretas de la conducta de un joven. Muchos de los que han abandonado sus estudios se han dado cuenta después de que su problema no era de cabeza, sino de método. (…) Cada uno se educa a sí mismo a través de sus experiencias personales. La vida…
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Workplace Fantasies
5 Nov 2009 | 4:04 pmSick of carefully worded performance improvement plans? Sick of tiptoeing around the boss’s inadequacies? Sick of worrying about everyone’s sensitivities? Then check out “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” on Bravo TV. (If you find reality shows unbearable, stop here.) Tabatha is a very successful hair dresser and business woman who’s invited to do make overs of dysfunctional, failing hair salons. Yes, hair salons. Other than the schadenfreude of seeing workplaces gone really really bad, what’s enjoyable about the show is Tabatha’s brutal honesty. When she points out to the… -
Business Coach | Business Coaching - How to Double Your Business Income & Become a Hero to Your Customers
27 Oct 2009 | 5:24 pmBusiness Coach and international best-selling author William R. Patterson returns to the Entrepreneurial Excellence radio show to discuss the best entrepreneurship strategies for creating multiple streams of passive income and rapidly building your fortune. This week’s topics include: (1) Strategies for creating six- and seven-figure profits in any economic environment. (2) Top four focus areas to grow your business by 20-100% in a year. (3) Strategies for automating your business and achieving more freedom. (4) Best ways to market and fund your business. (5) Highest ROI day-to-day… -
Business Coach | Business Coaching: BARON Millionaire Success Habit #1 - Smart Ways to Build Your Team
27 Oct 2009 | 5:17 pmBusiness Coach and international best-selling author William R. Patterson shares millionaire success habits to help you significantly increase your income, create more free time, and enable you to thrive in any economic environment. BARON Millionaire Success Habit #1: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel! Build a Team of Competent Coaches, Mentors and Advisors. Discover Smart Ways to Quickly Build Your Team – http://www.baronseries.com/newsletter127.htm. -
Wealth Coach | Business Coach Audio: How to Double Your Business Income & Become a Hero to Your Customers
27 Oct 2009 | 1:06 pmWealth Coach, Business Coach and international best-selling author William R. Patterson returns to the Entrepreneurial Excellence radio show to discuss the best entrepreneurship strategies for creating multiple streams of passive income and rapidly building your fortune. This week’s topics include: (1) Strategies for creating six- and seven-figure profits in any economic environment. (2) Top four focus areas to grow your business by 20-100% in a year. (3) Strategies for automating your business and achieving more freedom. (4) Best ways to market and fund your business. (5) Highest ROI… -
Wealth Coaching | Business Coaching: BARON Millionaire Success Habit #1 - Smart Ways to Build Your Team
23 Oct 2009 | 11:25 amWealth Coach and international best-selling author William R. Patterson shares millionaire success habits to help you significantly increase your income, create more free time, and enable you to thrive in any economic environment. BARON Millionaire Success Habit #1: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel! Build a Team of Competent Coaches, Mentors and Advisors. Discover Smart Ways to Quickly Build Your Team – http://www.baronseries.com/newsletter127.htm.
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thoughtLEADERS, LLC Blog
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Lessons from Leonidas the Spartan King: Why Shrinking Your Business is Smart
4 Nov 2009 | 1:01 pmToday's guest post is written by Brian Ahearn (no, that's not his picture at left). Brian's one of the most knowledgeable guys I know on the subject of influencing people (which is why he's been a guest here before). Enjoy!I conducted a workshop recently called Principles of Persuasion. During a break, one of the students said she’d had a conversation with her five-year-old son and expressed This is only the beginning of the thought... Please click the article headline above or go to http://thoughtleadersllc.blogspot.com for more. -
Are You Telling Customers You Don't Care if They Die?
2 Nov 2009 | 4:05 amIf you have kids, you know the nauseating feeling of one of your kids going down for the count and having to rush to the emergency room. I had that wonderful experience very recently. What I learned from that visit to the ER is businesses can make very strong statements about how little they care about their customers simply through the processes they use to run the organization.I'm betting you This is only the beginning of the thought... Please click the article headline above or go to http://thoughtleadersllc.blogspot.com for more. -
4 Ways NOT to Run an Internship Program
28 Oct 2009 | 2:02 pmAn internship program can be great for your company, but don’t do it simply because everyone else is. Just like Mom used to ask, “If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you?” Make sure you can provide a mutually beneficial opportunity, and make sure you’re thinking from both perspectives – the employer and the intern – when you’re developing your program.One of my favorite references of real-life This is only the beginning of the thought... Please click the article headline above or go to http://thoughtleadersllc.blogspot.com for more. -
How Blowing Up Your Business Can Drive Innovation
26 Oct 2009 | 4:32 amLast week I pounded on folks for being wimps and not making decisions. Out of fairness, many of you want to move your organizations forward but might not have all the tools or resources to do so, Given that, I'd like to provide you some explosives.These are the good kind of explosives. The kind that enable you to blow up your business model and find innovative new ways of doing things. Too This is only the beginning of the thought... Please click the article headline above or go to http://thoughtleadersllc.blogspot.com for more. -
5 Reasons No One Reads Anything You Write
22 Oct 2009 | 12:42 pmPlease give a warm welcome to our guest blogger Chandra Clarke who is the founder and president of Scribendi.com.It’s cool to complain about “information overload.” It’s less cool to realize you’re a big part of the problem.Yes, you.When we think about information overload, we tend to think about web sites, RSS feeds, videos, and podcasts – things other people produce. But you know what? You This is only the beginning of the thought... Please click the article headline above or go to http://thoughtleadersllc.blogspot.com for more.
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Professional Development
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High Potentials
3 Nov 2009 | 7:09 amI saw the following from Human Resources Executive Online: “High performers have been disproportionately affected by organizations’ responses to the recession. The 2009–2010 U.S. Strategic Rewards Survey by Watson Wyatt and WorldatWork found that employee engagement levels for all workers at the surveyed companies have dropped 9% since last year — but the number was nearly 25% for top performers. The number of people who said they would recommend that others accept jobs at their companies declined by nearly 20%.” I wrote a blog on this at the beginning of the year… -
Constantly Connected
26 Oct 2009 | 7:07 amI was in Silicon Valley last week and met with several folks from the tech sector. There is quite a good bit of buzz around some of the new hardware and software coming out soon. What caught my attention was a new laptop scheduled for release next summer that apparently will be “constantly connected” to the Internet. This may sound odd at first, but you only have to think of your cell phone to understand what that means. Your phone after all is “constantly ON” – meaning anyone can reach it from anywhere in the world and talk to you live. With Blackberries and… -
No More IDPs
19 Oct 2009 | 1:30 pmSo how much fun do you have with your IDPs or ADPs (Individual or Annual Development Plans)? You know, the ones you have to fill out, schedule time with your boss, and then review. Most people report that these sessions are either very non-chalantly orchestrated or emotionally draining for both sides as development areas begin to be discussed and skeletons from months ago surface. Let me propose a solution – get rid of them. While I like the idea of accountability and being able to set goals so that both sides can support each other during the course of the year, I argue this can be… -
The AIG Effect
12 Oct 2009 | 8:37 amThe AIG effect is not a term I coined, but read about in USA Today this weekend. This article quite effectively captured the current (and foreseeable) trend in how human capital professionals (especially those charged with developing talent) are being impacted with traditional methods. The AIG effect refers to the events of last year… when the federal government agreed to an $85 billion bailout to AIG, after which, the company’s executives traveled to a luxury California resort. The effect it has is that it is causing business travelers and organizations across the country to… -
Are You Renting or Owning Employment?
5 Oct 2009 | 9:06 amAs many of you know, I am wrapping up work on my 4th book in collaboration with several other folks. During this process, I have had the great pleasure of interviewing practitioners in the professional development space from all industries from all over the world as we prepare for the new year, and the new decade. In one recent interview, the term “renting vs. owning” came up. Are your employees renting a position or owning it? This has been an employer’s market recently after all. When the tide shifts again, will employees think of their place of work as a…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS!
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Tuesday Motivation!
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I've been slackin'.......
8 Aug 2009 | 7:21 am[Fiji photo courtesy: travelbeach.org].....with my posts lately! I have a good reason....It's been a busy summer! First part of summer was relaxing and I had some fun beach hopping and spending some quality time with myself. Hey self-reflection is important.Most recently I've been busy getting my classes to wind down butas promised - more motivational and inspirational posts to come soon! New series.....check back next week!"coach"
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Profitable Growth
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Les Miserables, Life, Death And Small Business Ownership
Last night I saw my favorite play, Les Miserables, again. [caption id="attachment_147" align="aligncenter" width="322" caption="Les Miserable"][/caption] In Victor Hugo’s epic story of good, evil, love and faith, the hero Jean Valjean saves the life of his nemesis, Inspector Javert. Javert had pursued him for years after Valjean steals bread to feed his ... -
Where Should I Start?
Earlier today, I read a wonderful Small Business Trends blog post from Jason Cohen called “How To Work On Your Business Not In It.” Chock-full of great action steps, I wondered, where should I start? [caption id="attachment_142" align="aligncenter" width="388" caption=""Where Should I Start," asks Andy Birol."][/caption] The further I read the more my ... -
Three Ways To Create Profitable Payers
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First Way You Can Start To Ensure Profitable Growth
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Profitable Growth By Borrowing Less
Is it possible for your business to create profitable growth without borrowing money? Most business owners and financial experts say no, but after this Great Recession and tight credit sure to continue, the less your business needs to borrow, the better. So let’s look at the following four questions: A. Why must ...
