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Too many pots on the stove!!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Many business owners will tell me that they have set goals and identified objectives but it seems like nothing ever gets done. My first question to them is, how many goals do you have and what is the priority? When we have too many goals and everything becomes a priority, nothing becomes a priority. We [...]

Why Would Anyone Use A Business Coach?

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

As a Business Coach I often get asked “Why would anyone use a business coach” It is a fair questions because there is a great deal of misunderstanding of what business coaching is or is not. Here are some fact about the industry of business coaching. Many of the facts are courtesy of survey results [...]

Don’t ask your mother if she thinks you’re good looking!

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

In these uncertain times when we are unsure of where the economy is heading and we are all wondering what the future holds for our businesses everyone is looking for some insight into how we can increase our sales, find more customers, or hold onto the customers that we have. Being the excellent problem solvers [...]

Vision without execution is nothing more than a daydream.

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Talk to the owner of any small business or the CEO of a large company and they will tell you the main problem that consistently exists in business today– how to have a sound strategy along with the ability to execute it while dealing with all the surprises and interruptions inherent in business. Both during [...]

Who’s in the Control Tower?

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

When the economy gets tough, we all have a tendency to want to leave the control room and go down and man the guns. We put our strategic hats away and become totally tactical in our approach. But many businesses are tactical all the time and owners wonder why the business is not growing or [...]

EVEN IN A DOWNTURN OPPORTUNITES EXIST.

Monday, January 26th, 2009

On August 15th 1931 in Omaha during the deepest days of the great depression, the Union State Bank closed its doors for good. Like many others at the time, a young Howard Buffet lost his job and his life savings. He had a family with two kids to feed and little opportunity of finding another [...]

It All Starts and Stops With Discipline.

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Have you ever wondered why some businesses are more successful than others? Even those selling the exact same products or services? Or why some businesses seem to accomplish more and seem more in control than others. Or do you know people that get three times more done than others? In his book “the 21 irrefutable [...]