Business Coaching

Action Versus Strategy

Action Versus Strategy One of my favourite comments by an old family friend is that “Apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze.” The same applies to business strategy without the action. When you are on the front lines of small business you are so involved in so busy in the […]

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Creative Thinking And Business Strategy

We all want our businesses to succeed, but how many of us actually use the tools at our disposal to plan for success? Right Brain Creative Thinking And Business Strategy Planning, in particular business plans are often seen as logical, linear and mathematical or singularly left brained activities.  However a successful business strategy has to be made […]

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Business Interruption Contingency Planning

What To Do Before The Solids Hit The Fan Every business, and more importantly every business owner, has times in their life when the personal has to take priority over the business in a major way.  It may be a really positive thing like getting married or the arrival of a new baby.  More often than […]

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Is Technology Killing Time Management?

Is Technology Killing Time Management? Apps There’s an app for that!  I’ve recently been exploring new options for time management tools.  It’s quite amazing the number of apps, programs or extensions (if you use Google chrome) available.  There are many wonderful time tracking devices that can block unproductive websites, report how many days, hours, minutes, […]

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ROUND 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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