Nov
01
Last Tuesday night I interviewed Mike Jay on an international teleconference and made sure I got him to share his latest thinking on “The New Rules For Happiness and Success: What Every Person Needs To Know To Succeed In the New Economy“. I really got got him on a roll and even Mike was surprised [...]
Tags: business coach, business growth, economic downturn, entrepreneur, grow business, small business
New Economy,Planning,professional growth,recession
Sep
28
Productivity coaches and the seminars and so on always tell us we should set goals; they always have all kinds of high-minded reasons why it will boost productivity, etc. Wouldn’t it be easier and more productive to just get going? Well, that’s sort of like deciding you want to go on vacation and then getting [...]
Tags: business coach, business plan, entrepreneur, grow business, management, small business, strategic plan, strategy
business plan,management,Planning,professional growth,strategy,Taking Action
Sep
02
The core of any usable business plan, and also any plan that is created in order to find financing or partners, are the financial projections. Most important to those projections are the assumptions used to create these projections. TIP 1: BE CAREFUL ON ASSUMPTIONS The core of any usable business plan, and also any plan [...]
Tags: business plan, entrepreneur, profit, strategic plan
financial analysis,Planning
Aug
16
Are you the great-guy small business owner who loves to be loved by all your employees? Do you have an “open door policy?” I have a challenge for you – close it! Think about it – open door policies are for big businesses that need a strategy to break barriers. Small businesses don’t have those [...]
Tags: business coach, entrepreneur, management, small business, time management
management,Planning,professional growth
Aug
12
Many entrepreneurs are uneasy with the looming recession as reported in the news over and over again every day. If their goal is to instill fear in the hears of Americans, they have succeeded. Have you seen the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) lately? It’s at an all time low. Well, in reality, the BEST way [...]
Tags: business coach, business growth, business plan, economic downturn, grow business, New Economy, recession, small business, strategic plan, strategy
Planning,strategy