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THERE will always be a need for a coach to take you on a journey. Coaching is a one-to-one, on-the-job approach by managers and trainers to help people develop their skills and levels of competence. It can also involve group learning – and nobody does it better than Naked Leader. Through inspirational speaker David Taylor…… Continue Reading
CHOOSE your thoughts with care, and choose your beliefs with great care, because they dictate your frame of mind to take action, or inaction. Every day this week, focus on what you want, not what you don’t want. Surround yourself with positive people (that’s people who think constructively, not destructively). Surround yourself with negative, energy…… Continue Reading
THERE may not be a better time to be working under a cloud. And no, I don’t mean sitting around in a fractious office environment where everybody is miserable! While it is not a new concept, cloud computing has made a promise that it can help businesses revolutionise what they do to enable them to…… Continue Reading
DELIVER a successful project. How? By ensuring everyone knows what is expected of them. Have an open and honest relationship at the top of the project, trust those running it and avoid formal project management meetings. (Extract from The Naked Coach)… Continue Reading
REMEMBER that your customers are people too and they deserve to be treated in the same way you treat colleagues and staff. Listen to them and pay attention to what they tell you. Feedback from people who use your product, or whatever service it is you give them, is the best way of knowing your…… Continue Reading
AS a manager of a business it is not just your product you need to sell! Selling yourself, using your persuasive powers, is vital in getting your point across because not all good ideas sell themselves. Influencing people can be mostly to do with seeing a proposition from the other person’s point of view, then…… Continue Reading
HAVE a business plan. Anybody wanting to survive in business has to have a vision, a plan. It is an essential tool for thriving and moving forward as a company. Make sure you have one. When you go on a car journey, if you’re sensible, you will have mapped out your route. You know where…… Continue Reading
WE all know a coach can move people from one place to another – generally around 52 at a time on most trips these days! Well, how about using coaching as a different type of vehicle, one that can take you from a certain place in your life into a different area altogether? A whole…… Continue Reading
REINVENT your organisation. Replace change programmes with choice programmes. This week, ask three people in your company to come up with up to three specific ideas each that would transform the company. Ensure a culture where imaginations and innovations thrive. Make a difference. Do it now.… Continue Reading
SETTING your business up online for the first time does not have to involve getting caught up in a web of uncertainty. Starting up a new website can hold many fears for many business owners – although that could now be a thing of the past. Paying someone to do it has its drawbacks, such…… Continue Reading