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by Wendy Hearn
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Grow Your Business By Being Visible
What stands in the way of growing your business? The usual response is to do with external factors and things that are beyond your control, such as the economy and lack of buyers. This may be true to a degree and yet often what is required to grow a business is for you to grow as a person.
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Is It Time For A Change?
There are times when a major change is called for whether in your personal life, or in your work and business. It may be that this
change has been creeping up on you slowly or something has happened that made you sit up sharply and take notice.
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Make Your Own Web Site That Works !
There are many reasons to make your own web site. They're a fantastic way to reach new clients for your business, to earn some additional income, or to generate enough income to allow you to leave the rat race. But if you're going to have a website you need to ensure that it's effective, it works and it produces results.
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Take A New Direction With Your Professional Life
Has your professional life reached the point where you feel stuck in a rut and you know that a change of direction is called for?
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7 Lessons For Your Life and Business From Wimbledon
There are immense similarities between peak performance in sport, and what it takes to perform well in your life and business. The sports arena offers great opportunities to learn more about playing successfully in life and business. As I watched the recent tennis at Wimbledon it struck me that there were strengths and characteristics in the players that are necessary for us all in order to perform at our absolute best.
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Work On Your Business Instead Of Being A Slave To It.
Is your business consuming you, taking up all of your time, thoughts and energy? Do you want more success in your business? Do you think you'll have to work harder to get it? Your business doesn't have to be like this. You can choose to change and start working smarter.
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So, You Want To Become A Coach
You've taken the first step and made the decision to become a coach. Having made that decision you're now ready to move forward. But what do you need to do next? There are so many possible steps you could take and I've outlined here what I feel to be the most important ones.
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Effective Managers Need To Coach
Bearing in mind the fast pace of business today and the need to stay competitive, it's essential that managers should be effective. They need to be especially effective with their people and this requires learning to coach.
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Regain Your Motivation
Do you feel your motivation has diminished recently? Or do you feel at the moment that it's gone completely? Do you wonder how you'll ever get it back?
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Business Planning for Non-Planners
It's the start of your business day and you quickly whip out your clearly written plans. Pardon? Did you say you don't have a written business plan? Then join the club, 'Business Owners Without Plans'. The problem this club faces is that the majority of members' businesses are likely to fail.
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Harness The Power of a Strong Vision
What is your vision? How is this vision communicated to inspire you and your organisation? You don’t have a clear and powerful vision? Join the club. When I’m working with individuals, I’ve noticed that generally they fall into two distinct categories regarding having a strong vision.
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The Top 10 Time Wasters
There are many time wasters that will really eat into your time if you allow them to. To free up your time you need to identify those time wasters, decide what you want to do about them and then take action. I've identified what I've seen to be the 10 most common time wasters.
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Innovation Creates Success
Innovation creates success and being innovative in your business is one of the keys to being successful. Innovation is the introduction of new processes, new ways of doing things and revolutionising how things have been accomplished previously.
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Hamlet believed he needed "to be cruel, only to be kind" but, for once, Shakespeare's grasp of human nature doesn't suit the modern workplace.
Richard needed coaching over a problem with an employee whom he managed. He didn't feel that Sheila was as committed to her work as she used to be. He knew he needed to say something, but he felt uncomfortable and dreaded the confrontation.
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Coaching - Management Made Easy
What new style of management is replacing the old ‘command and control’ autocratic method? Managers, business owners and leaders are discovering that the acquisition of coaching skills is an effective way of meeting the needs of business today.
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Coaching - Management Made Easy
The short answer is no! There’s a distinct difference between a coach and a consultant. Knowing and understanding this difference will help you when you seek outside support for your business or personal life. Usually a consultant is brought in to analyse your business, tell you what needs to be done, to show you how to do it and then leaves.
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Daily Business Success Habits
What one thing could you do today to improve your business and professional success? What difference to your life would this make if it became a habit? Forming habits which become ingrained will yield results.
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Define your values and choose priorities based on them
When you’re setting priorities one of the reasons that people feel stressed by all that they’re doing is that many of these things aren’t really important to them. So, whether you’re prioritising your workload, where to go with your business or how you want to spend your leisure time, when you know what you naturally feel is important, you’ll find it easier to choose which one’s to go with first.
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Wendy Hearn
winner of Small Business Consolidator - sponsored by Barclays Bank plc
and The Millennium Woman Awards
Wendy Hearn