The 5 Most Important Negotiation Skills You Must Master
Intimidated by negotiations? Focus on these five simple negotiation skills first and get much better.Think of all the times in your business week you negotiate: with new hires and existing employees; with sales prospects and long-term clients; with vendors and suppliers. If you’re a business owner or leader, you need to know how to negotiate. This […]
A Little-Known Hack to Learn a New Skill in a Fraction of the Time
It’s called ‘deliberate practice’ and it’s a proven way for your staff to master a new skill in a fraction of the timeIn this article, I’m going to share one of the most effective tactics for coaching your key team members. I call it “deliberate practice.” It’s one of the most powerful strategies that you […]
Business Coaching Secrets to Groom Your Key Employees to Perform at Their Best
Employee coaching is critical so you can start scaling your business and taking initiative. Here are five simple steps to get that and more…How do you best develop the talent of your current team? How do you groom a direct report to take on new responsibilities? How do you grow your employees so that they […]
3 Pitfalls to Avoid When Creating Your 1-Page Quarterly Rolling Action Plan
Having a 1-page quarterly rolling action plan is a powerful tool for growing your company, just so long as you sidestep these three pitfalls.As important as it is to have a big picture vision for how you plan to grow and scale your business, it’s equally important to bring that broader vision back to the […]
New Study Shows You’re Wasting 21.8 hours a Week
Which of these time thieves is stealing 21.8 hours a week of your working day?In early 2017, my business coaching firm launched a comprehensive study on time management. We interviewed and surveyed small business owners and their key executives in order to learn how they spend their time and, particularly, where their time gets wasted.We […]
The Best Productivity App, Hands Down (and 12 Insider Tricks on How to Get the Best Out of It)
As a business coach, I’m always looking for new strategies to help people and businesses become more effective and more efficient. Usually, I focus on things like leadership and marketing tactics. But, in this article, I want to tell you about a productivity app called Evernote that’s helped me radically reinvent the way I work. […]
Use This Little-Known Delegation Trick to Get Stuff Done the Right Way
I’ve been coaching business owners for more than twenty years, helping business owners grow their companies and at the same time, reducing their companies’ reliance on them. When it comes to scaling their businesses, one of the biggest challenges that I see business leaders struggle with is delegation techniques.When you’re delegating, it’s often hard to […]
5 Ways to Revitalize Your Mastermind Group
Mastermind groups can help you grow both your business and yourself. But when a group settles into a routine, it can sometimes lose its effectiveness. That’s why I want to share five ways that you can breathe new life into your mastermind group.Napoleon Hill introduced the idea of the mastermind group back in 1937 with […]
4 Ways to Use Exit Messaging To Increase Your Conversion Rate by 10-25% without Spending Any More Money
Think about how much money you spend on marketing. Then think about your current conversion rate. Maybe you’re converting 3 percent of leads? Or 12 percent? Now imagine that you could use a simple technique increase your conversion rate by 10 to 25 percent. Wouldn’t you want to do that? Of course you would. The […]
6 Delegation Lessons from Top CEOs
Delegation grows businesses. It empowers teams to take on more responsibilities and deliver results. In fact, the best leaders are those that train their teams to function without them.Having worked with thousands of business coaching clients, I can say with certainty that the mark of great leadership is the ability to delegate. Nearly all business […]
