Business Coaching Blog
Leaders, business owners, executives, managers, and entrepreneurs all know that the education process truly never ends. We seek to aid that learning with our business coaching blogs. Topics include leadership, management, strategic planning, best practices, and more.
5 must dos to know your audience
What steps do you take to know your audience? What motivates your team, what are they thinking about? What are they worried about? For an internal presentation. Attending an internal meeting. Giving an external presentation. Holding a meeting with business partners,...
What am I supposed to do?
You ask yourself, "What am I supposed to do?" You head up a group. You should know. You've read job descriptions about this job. Heck, you may even have a job description on your phone or posted to a wall so you can refer to it often. President. Executive. VP....
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones!
I don't know – red flags and levels of learning
Admitting I don't know creates such anxiety. Managers, group leaders and professionals cannot admit and say "I don't know." I suppose there's an unwritten rule about it. I don't even want to speculate about where this rule came from...well may I do want to speculate....
7 questions to hold people accountable
How to hold people accountable. Jon's hands were on his lap under the table. He was looking down at some paperwork. Jon looked up in anticipation because he knew I was there to hold people accountable, namely him. 3 months ago Jon had asked me how to hold people...
7 mistakes in a performance improvement plan
Here are 7 time tested, well practiced mistakes for any performance improvement plan. You can also make mistakes in sales plans, marketing plans, strategic plans, growth plans using these time tested methods. 7 mistakes in any performance improvement plan. Be unclear...
7 essentials of a vision with meat
Vision with meat The point of a vision with meat is to get alignment. Alignment of your actions, your priorities, your to do list, your team's activities and their willingness to take steps without you drives execution to improve margins and performance. A vision...
What's the point of a vision?
Point of a vision—the future "Visions are waste of time. What's the point of a vision posted on a wall?" "They should know what I want. I've said it at the company meeting... yes it was 5 months ago." "I've got a good vision...but no one else buys into it...well, they...
Safe, Comfortable and Satisfied — Stuck in a rut
Is comfortable the same as stuck in a rut? What makes you safe, comfortable, and satisfied? Safe job, income No pressures No high expectations from others No schedule to keep No changes No new endeavors Busy (without clear goals and vision) Not that any of these...
4 essentials why you do what you do
Understanding why you want something creates the mass to push through the inevitable obstacles you face in every worthwhile pursuit. A walk through the 4 essentials to find out why you do what you do...Let's go. Why you do what you do—the 4 essentials "It's too hard!...
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