The Dip: Understanding The Change Process
Saying change is difficult is an understatement. Change can be excruciatingly painful because it rarely takes you on a straight path from Point A to Point B. Instead, you must venture through the extremely trying times of what Seth Godin calls “The Dip” where your strength and resolve are tested to the limits. “The Dip” […]
6 Steps To Creating A Culture Of Accountability
Does your company have a corporate culture of accountability or do your employees play the blame game? Higher accountability is the #1 goal of many of my corporate clients. By default, people tend to want to hide their mistakes and when confronted, go toward defensiveness and attempt to shift blame, especially when they feel that […]
Even Martyrs Need Vacations
Think you’re too busy to take a vacation? Think again. Too often I hear entrepreneurs talk about how long they went without taking any kind of break. One year, 5 years, even 10 years without dedicating any time to recharging their energy and reconnecting with their loved ones. Despite what your entrepreneurial peers may have […]
Asking For What You Need: Selfish Or Successful?
Do you shy away from speaking up when there’s something you desperately need? Do you avoid asking for help and instead exhaust every other possibility first? Do you feel bad when you ask people for help? It’s not uncommon to feel that asking others for help is selfish. It’s a huge stumbling block for many […]
Focus, Energy Leaks And Sabotaging Behaviours
It’s often said that being an entrepreneur is the best form of therapy because that’s truly when we come up against ourselves. When you set out to achieve the meaningful goals on your journey, all your ‘stuff’ shows up in very interesting and subtle ways, like quirky behavioural and emotional responses. We all have them, […]
Coaching Is A Process, Not A Quick Fix Pill
There is a general misconception out there about coaching. Perhaps it’s because so many products and services are prone to overpromising in their marketing. Whether they come right out and say it, they are selling the ‘quick fix pill’ solution. If you click the button and buy, all will be revealed to you like a […]
Going the Extra Mile
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain Are you going the extra mile in your life and in your business or are you staying with the crowd by doing what everyone else is doing? That little bit extra is the difference between […]
Capitalizing On The Mistakes Of Others:
Should you capitalize on the mistakes of others or should you ignore the obvious opportunity to grow your business because it’s at the expense of another? It’s a question most entrepreneurs will encounter at one point in the growth of their business. It may seem opportunistic and even callous to take advantage of other peoples’ […]
Are You Slaughtering Your Sales Doing All The Talking?
Doing all the talking is something we learned not to do early on in our business lives and yet, it’s a mistake I see entrepreneurs make over and over and over again! Prospects do not want to be sold, they want to be understood and the key to doing that is L-I-S-T-E-N-I-N-G! During a recent […]
The Golden Moment Illusion
Watching the Olympic Games over the last two weeks, we saw many victories and many more defeats. We watched in anticipation as athletes who have trained their entire lives gave everything they had to reach that pinnacle moment: winning a gold medal. On the sidelines, we saw expected winners experience the crushing devastation as their […]