1. Take time out to truly reflect on why you started your business. Are you being true to that initial vision? If not, are you off track and need to reassess and work out how to get back on course? Or is it time to take a new path? Perhaps your values and purpose have … Read More
Owning, or starting, your own business is exciting. You get to be the boss, call the shots, build and develop a team, and turn your ideas into products and services. It can also be daunting and lonely. Who helps you stay clear on your goals, the ones that got you into business in the first … Read More
Decision making biases and filters Believing that prospects or clients think the same way, make decisions using the same criteria or are motivated by the same things as we are, is a default thinking filter for many of us. But no two brains, or life experiences are the same. Which is why people think through … Read More
There is a cost to acquiring new customers. Every proposal or request for tender/information you, your team, or your outsourced bid writer completes takes time, effort and money. Knowing your Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), enables you to determine the return on investment of those efforts to grow your client base. It’s calculated by adding up … Read More
According to KPMG’s 2022 edition of their ‘Keeping us up at night’ survey, the number one challenge currently keeping business leaders awake is ‘talent acquisition, retention and re/upskilling to meet a more digitised future.” I wasn’t surprised to read this, it’s a topic of conversation that comes up regularly with business owners with the pandemic … Read More
International Women’s Day is right around the corner: 8 March, 2022. This year we are supporting Dress for Success and Empower Hour in their mission to transition more than 700 women from welfare to the workforce. Empower Hour is a pay it forward campaign. We are asking you to pledge one hour of your pay … Read More
Have you ever looked up from something you’re doing, thinking it’s been 10 minutes, only to find you’ve been fully focused on it for an hour? That total immersion in what you’re doing so that you lose all sense of space and time? That’s flow or being in the zone. With the right elements in … Read More
We often think about exercise and diet plans, but what about a healthy mind plan? There are eight activities that can promote optimum mental health. Integrating these actions into your daily life can help your brain to function at its best. How many of these things do you recognise in your every day?
For many of us the start of a new year is a natural prompt to set ourselves some new goals. But, how often have you set yourself goals in January, only to let them slip before the month is out? I can certainly put my hand up to that one. An important aspect of setting … Read More
On a recent morning walk, my reflection time, I was contemplating my coaching practice and how I could be helping more people in this current situation, when I had an “aha” moment. In my coaching I help people to identify and work towards achieving some big goals (usually two work and one personal goal) over … Read More