Amazingly almost 25% of small businesses owners were unable to identify the costs they needed to control in order to succeed, a 2009 survey showed. Given that more than half of business start-ups fail within five years this comes as no great surprise. So how financially literate are you? Where do you sit on a […]
Read MoreROUND THE BEND, MIND MAPPING AND NON-LINEAR THINKING
I had the pleasure of talking to a local networking group about non-linear thinking. I was talking about mind mapping and how it can be used to pull together diverse ideas or actions around a central concept. What really surprised me was the feedback I got from a number of really experienced business people about […]
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Get Fit For Business One of the most frustrating experiences as a business coach is to be called in to help failing businesses. I often wish I had been called in a year earlier. A staggering 66% of micro businesses in Canada fail within 5 years. Here are some of the symptoms of upcoming failure: […]
Read MoreWHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM SCHOOL
I was at my son’s school last night for a parent education evening. It’s amazing what you learn at school! Alexander goes to Montessori school which has a different approach to early childhood education. Hence needing to have parent education nights. Maria Montessori, the founder of the Montessori school system, believed that education wasn’t just […]
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