As a business coach for more than 25 years, I have helped thousands of business owners build their businesses. And while there are many different ways to go about scaling your business, it almost never involves what the business owner thinks it should, which is more work. In fact, for the majority of business owners…
When it comes to leading your team, there are a thousand opportunities to guide your team to growth and development, and subsequently a thousand opportunities to lead them astray. And while one meeting won’t change their lives, it will open up a dialogue about where they stand within the company, and how they can best…
In the past I have talked a lot about productivity when it comes to your management team. Having a united front on the things that matter most in your business, and being able to help them focus their time and resources to those end goals can be a huge game changer for a lot of…
As a business coach, I meet with a lot of business owners who have lost sight of their goals within their business. Somehow over the years, their business has started to stray, and it has become increasingly more difficult to get it back on track. And in the majority of cases, the reasons for such a…
As business owners, we go through phases in our business journey. In the beginning, everything is new and exciting, and slightly terrifying. You are learning as you go, and making a lot of progress toward your goals. And then somewhere along the way, things start to slow down. You are no longer on the same…
Business growth typically isn’t a linear trajectory. There are many ups and downs, and often we may even find our growth stagnant. So today, I wanted to share with you three reasons why your business growth might be at a standstill and discuss ways that you can get things moving in the right direction again….
We all know that deep down micromanaging is bad for our businesses. Yet many, like myself, still struggle with the very real urge to take control and handle things ourselves. So we have to ask ourselves, what drives this behavior? Why do rational people choose to micromanage, even when faced with the inevitable truth of the…
As a business coach for more than 25 years, I have lost count of how many business owners I have talked to who work 60, 70, even 80 hours a week in their business. They are working non-stop, stressed out, and still can’t seem to make any progress in their business. And by the time they come to me, they are…
As a business owner, the urge to micromanage is really strong for a lot of us. You put a lot of time and energy into building your business. As such, you may have the desire to have a hand in everything surrounding your business. But this desire to control everything, and the micromanaging that follows,…
I was recently speaking with a new business coaching client who was struggling with time management. She was consistently working 70- to 80-hour weeks and she hasn’t had a vacation in years. And when I pushed her for more information, she reluctantly began to tell a tale of her own controlling behaviors. She really struggled…