Posts Tagged ‘strategies’

Very often we think that we know what our client needs, and maybe it is, but unless you hear it from your client specifically you are still only guessing. Here are some needs that can be addressed: (more…)

Most business owners wear several hats. They are not interchangeable, and you can’t wear them all at the same time. You must continually be asking: “Who am I here?”

For your business to grow and be successful, you have to eventually settle on the one with the best fit, and pass the others off. (more…)

I think it would be a frightening statistic to know how much productive life force is squashed in unproductive, rudderless, meandering, ineffective, blathering, brain-numbing meetings. Yet well-organised gatherings of prepared and fully engaged minds can be the most productive activity of your workday. (more…)

Many business owners that are of the baby boomer age have now lived through about 3 or 4 recessions, depending on their industry. (more…)

Many business owners get into their business because of the thoughts of self-sufficiency, more free time and of course, making more money.

Obviously, as the business owner and leader, you have a unique stake in the success or failure of the business because it is tied to you as an individual. You therefore go though the tough times filled with the excitement of what is to be once your vision for the future is realised. (more…)

Some of the top business leaders in the world say “70-90% of my time is spent on strategising – in my office with the door shut – about growing the company; how to sell more, how to reach new markets, how to support our field reps, how to attract top-notch consultants from across the country.” Many small-business owners and leaders don’t spend the time they should thinking about their business, they spend their time being a doer in their business. But as this example demonstrates, thinking about the business, strategising about it, is the most important work you can do. (more…)

Owing and running a business is often described as someone being an entrepreneur. What exactly is an entrepreneur? Here are a number of interesting points about an entrepreneur: (more…)

As a service professional you are probably already clear on what your niche is, i.e. you know who those people are who want and need your services, but are you providing the solution to their problems in the way that they want? (more…)

The Random House Unabridged Dictionary offers the following as one definition of “recession”:

re·ces·sion -noun [Pref. re- + cession.] The act of ceding back; restoration. Yield.
A period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration.

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