Archive for Better Business
Finding our Personal Best
Finding our Personal Best. Often, as I explore a dialogue with a person we go beyond the superfical issues, and start to approach the nagging worry that is central. It’s the area that has been holding them back. It lives in a sort of twilight, only partly concious, but enormously empowered. Its unlikley this is [...]
Read moreBetter Referrals?
Referrals are the best way to gain business. In today’s market we don’t believe an advert, and we are quick to ‘spam’ anything that doesn’t match our attention. And don’t even hint that you are trying to ‘sell me’ because I’m allergic to being told. But if I see that my colleagues think its good, [...]
Read moreAll Change- Social media power
Whether we are keen on Tweets, being on Facebook or Digg (- ing it) its not going away. There has been a sea change in the way we communicate, get information and share ideas. The question is not ‘how I feel about it’; rather ‘can I afford to ignore it?” When the NZ Herald (actual [...]
Read more5 Books to ‘must read’ in the next 6 months.
There is information ‘out there’ that will tell you the way the world is going. What’s going to be the new wave in the marketplace of business? You don’t have to be psychic or even that clever to find out – you just have to pay attention. I’m always watching. Watching out for the new [...]
Read moreLet’s do some thing new today!
‘Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’. Albert Einstein We spend most of our days repeating previous ones, its Groundhog Day! We are creatures of habit and that’s OK in some ways – I don’t want to have to relearn how to clean my teeth, make toast, dress etc. [...]
Read moreWasting the day with meetings?
You’ll have to excuse me now. I might upset your corporate thinking, but I think 50% …no more like 75% of meeting are a waste of our time. And what’s my most important resource – it’s my time. I have a good friend who says it this way ‘let’s not just keep having coffee’s – it’s [...]
Read moreMy Top 10 Start Up Mistakes
Making mistakes is part of the DNA for an entrepreneur, they use them to learn and move forward. But the point is ‘learning’ isn’t it? We don’t need to make mistakes if we can gain from others. So here’s my list of ‘top 10 mistakes’ to avoid. The Vision is unclear. You have an idea, [...]
Read moreStep up to Stand Out!
Step Up and Stand Out. There is a famous children’s book called The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss It’s a series of cartoons with a little boy planting his carrot seed. “His mother said ‘I’m afraid it won’t come up.’ His father said ‘I’m afraid it won’t come up.’ His big brother said ‘it won’t [...]
Read moreNew employee – Trust only required
‘Trust required’ As an employer over a variety of business ventures what did I want from my employee? Sure I expected competence, and demanded a great work ethic, but more than that I was always looking for the ones I could trust. My stand out people were ones I didn’t have to worry about, they [...]
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