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Ready to scale your business?
This week I've been reflecting on growth and scaling, positioned in the entrepreneur world as the ultimate prize. Most business owners want more. More growth, more opportunities, more freedom. Achieving our goals without burning ourselves out is no easy task. How do...
How do you feel about money?
This week I've been reflecting on our relationship with money. Whether it's what we earn or spend, how much we charge for our products and services or how we feel about money. Most of us have a complex relationship with money. It's tied in with the picture we have of...
How balanced is your life?
This week I've been reflecting on balance. What it means and how to achieve it in a way that feels natural and harmonious. Balance is an interesting idea. It might make us think of stability or harmony, structure or freedom. Each person's definition is likely to be...
How are your boundaries?
This week I've been reflecting on trust and boundaries. How we manage our own perceptions of reality and how we relate to those around us. What limits we set and how we keep ourselves safe. Do you find it hard to know what's real? Do you question other people's...
Are you stressed?
This week I've been reflecting on how we deal with stress and change. Wherever you are in the world and whatever your field of expertise, you're likely to have to continue to deal with huge change in your life and in your business which will inevitably cause you...
Dealing with overwhelm
This week I've been reflecting on overwhelm and that feeling of juggling too many things. Have you started the new year with big goals? Too many priorities and not enough time? Whether you're just launching a new business, thinking about starting or in a growth phase,...
Activity drives results
This week I've been reflecting on the link between the activity we do and the results we achieve. It's all too easy to focus on the outcomes without taking the time to look at all the inputs. Are you feeling overwhelmed or unfocused? Maybe lacking a clear plan or...
A new year approaches
This week I've been recharging my batteries by indulging my passion for scuba diving and reflecting on the year that's almost over. Although in many ways today is just another day, it's also a chance to reflect on another cycle around the sun. What did you learn from...
Setting yourself up for success
This week I've been reflecting on how to prepare for the new year. Instead of waiting until the last minute and not giving yourself the best chance for success, how about starting now to think about how you want next year to be? At this time of year we often think...
Doing things your way
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of finding what works for us in everything we do. Not comparing ourselves to others, not chasing somebody else's dream. How do you approach tasks that drain your energy and how do you make them work for you? How do...
How disciplined are you?
This week I've been reflecting on discipline. It's something many of us strive for. Being in control of our lives. The ability to manage our time, our choices and our emotions. How do you deal with those feelings of being out of control? How do you establish...
Gaining competitive advantage
This week I've been reflecting on how we position our businesses in the market versus our competitors. Most of us are operating in competitive markets. Potential clients usually have a myriad of options and choices. So how do you differentiate what you offer, how do...
Do you trust yourself?
This week I've been thinking about trust. What it really means to trust ourselves and the people around us. Many people find trusting others hard, especially when it comes to their businesses. It's common to feel that nobody knows as much as you or will ever care for...
Where does your confidence come from?
This week I've been reflecting on confidence and where it comes from. Confidence to start a business, run a company, ask for money, spend money, hire people, manage people... Do you trust yourself? Are you somebody who naturally feels able to back themselves or are...
Time to get out of your own way?
This week I've been reflecting on how we are often our own worst enemies. We second-guess and talk down to ourselves, find reasons to blame and procrastinate and sometimes we even up up sabotaging our attempts to get what we want and need. How do you make things...
How to grow a great team
This week I've been thinking about diversity. Not a subject you'd probably associate with me as I tend to steer clear of political correctness and especially anybody who's trying to tell me or anyone else how to live our lives... But cognitive diversity is something...
Time to get into your flow
This week I've been thinking about flow. It's that feeling of being in your zone of genius. When things are effortless and you feel energised and alive. Your flow is unique to you. How much of your time do you typically spend in your flow? Do you understand what...
Managing remotely
This week I've been reflecting on how to manage remote and dispersed teams. Many of my clients run companies with people from all over the world and even if you don't, members of your team may be still working from home, at least some of the time. How do you keep...
Time to cut yourself some slack?
This week I've been giving myself a break. I've had some challenges in my personal life and have been making a conscious effort to be kind and compassionate to myself. The truth is that we all have ups and downs. Life happens. It's often a struggle to deal with what...
What’s your plan for Q4?
This week I've been reflecting on how fast time flies. What an extraordinarily unpredictable and fast-moving year this has been. And now we find ourselves at the start of the final quarter. What are your plans for the last three months of this year and how will you...
How do customers experience your business?
This week I've been reflecting on the experience our customers have with us. How they find us, what journey they take to reach us, how they navigate their way through our businesses and how they feel as they interact with us. Whatever type of business you have,...
Are you on track?
This week I've been reflecting on how we track progress. As the summer gives way to autumn and we head towards the fourth quarter, many people are dusting off the plans they made at the start of the year. Others concluded months ago, that with so much uncertainty...
How do you measure success?
This week I've been reflecting on how we measure success both for ourselves and others. It's so easy to get caught up in everybody else's vision of success but the truth is that success looks very different to each and every one of us. So how do you measure it?...
What assumptions are you making?
This week I've been reflecting on the assumptions we make and how damaging they can be to our relationships, our ability to make progress and our confidence. Most of us have the tendency to make assumptions, but the problem is that we believe them to be true. How can...
Are you hard on yourself?
This week I've been reflecting on how we speak to ourselves. Most of the things we say inside our heads we'd never dream of saying out loud or to anyone else! There's a balance to be struck between holding ourselves accountable and keeping motivated and beating...
Are you too nice?
This week I've been reflecting on what we mean by being 'too nice'. This topic has raised in coaching sessions by several clients who feel that they're not being firm enough, that worry they're being taken advantage of. How do you get the balance right between being...
Making money
This week I've been reflecting on the tension many feel about making money. It's easy to feel guilty about charging for what you do, especially if you love doing it. Whether you're afraid of 'conning' your customers, doubting the value of what you offer or feeling...
How honest are you with yourself?
This week I've been reflecting on how easy it is to avoid being truthful to ourselves. We like to pretend that things are great when they're not, we persuade ourselves that this is just the way life is, to avoid having to make decisions, and we tell ourselves change...
When is it okay to not be okay?
This week I've been reflecting on how to deal with not being okay. I've had an up and down week and although that's not necessarily unusual for me, this time it definitely got me thinking. How do you deal with feeling rubbish when everybody's looking to you to be...
Need more customers?
This week I've been reflecting on customers and how we connect with them. Almost every day I'm contacted by someone via email or LinkedIn, promising me and my business hundreds of new 'hot leads'. As if there was a silver bullet, an easy way to shortcut the process of...
Taking time out
This week I've been reflecting on time and how we use it. We all have the same 24 hours in each day, and yet some people always seem to have plenty of time while others never have enough. How do you manage your time so you get a sense of achievement without feeling...
Who do you need in your team?
This week I've been reflecting on who we need around us to make us successful. Most people who've built viable businesses, including me, will tell you that they couldn't do it without their people and yet running your own business can be a lonely place. Many of us...
What kind of leader are you?
This week I've been reflecting on leadership and what it means to be able to manage and direct others. As business owners we're usually very capable people, but just because we can do something, doesn't mean we should. You can build a product on your own but building...
How do you sell?
This week I've been reflecting on how we buy and sell. As business owners being able to connect with clients and sell our products and services is an essential skill. But many people shy away from sales or labelling themselves as a salesperson, even though the reality...
What do you measure?
This week, at almost the half way point of this crazy year, I've been reflecting on how we look at progress. Are you someone who has a plan and likes to keep track of everything or do you prefer to go with the flow and see where life takes you? Most of us are probably...
What do you dream about?
This week I've been reflecting on how to dream big! Most entrepreneurs have wild and crazy ideas and many have big and bold visions. But how often do you dismiss your dreams believing them to be impossible? What would happen if we allowed ourselves the time and space...
How comfortable are you?
This week I've been reflecting on how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Being entrepreneurs requires us to take risks and get used to the very real possibility that we might fail. It also requires us to learn and do things we never thought we were capable...
Keeping your head in the game
This week I've been reflecting on how to stay the course. It's easy to get distracted or feel overwhelmed and not find the energy to change things or make a plan. Or we convince ourselves that it's the wrong business or the wrong market or the wrong partner, so we...
What do you want from your business?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of getting clear about what we want. It's too easy to focus on all the reasons why something can't or won't happen, rather than getting clear about what it is that we actually want. As I often say, running a business is...
Are you losing your mojo?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of consistency. Showing up every day whether we feel like it or not. Running a business is a marathon not a sprint. But how do you keep that motivation going, day after day. How do you stay focused on what's important...
Where’s your focus?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of putting my focus on the things and people that I care about and prioritising what's important in my life. How do you stay focused on what's important and avoid distractions? How do you manage to juggle conflicting...
Time to get clear?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of getting clear. About your expectations, what you want from life and business and what's really important to you. Without clarity, we can feel stuck and dissatisfied. We procrastinate and look for distractions. We...
What’s your story?
It's World Book Day today and all this week I've been reflecting on the importance of communication in business. Getting your message out to the right people has never been more important and your potential clients want to know more about you. Why you do what you do...
Choices, choices…
This week I've been reflecting on choices. There are so many in life and in business! To niche or not to niche or how to niche. To hire inexperienced people that you can train and mold, or experienced hands who you can let run with things. With so many opinions on...
A rollercoaster ride…
This week I've been reflecting on perspective. After a long weekend and two short weeks, it can be a struggle to get back into the groove. We can feel that different parts of our life are fighting each other causing us to feel emotionally torn. How do you balance your...
Make it a Good Friday!
This week I've been reflecting on how many of us are drawn to a life of service. Of course people start businesses for many different reasons, but at the heart of entrepreneurship is a desire to solve a problem, to help others, to serve. This time of year is a time of...
How important is your health?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of both mental and physical health. As business owners how do we keep ourselves healthy and in a good rhythm? Running a business can feel like a rollercoaster ride of emotions, one minute the high of signing another...
A trip down memory lane
This week has been a week of memories. One year on from that moment when my husband sat me down and said 'We need a plan...' and 25 years on from my very first day at Xerox. One of the things Xerox was known for was the quality of its training and I was fortunate to...
How do you negotiate?
This week I've been focused on negotiation. How do we ensure that our voice is heard and how do we really hear the other person without losing what's important to us? Negotiation is key to business success, whether it's with team members, clients, suppliers,...
What’s driving your decisions?
This week I've been focused on what success looks like for different people, and why we make the decisions that we do. I've been reflecting on how our values drive our decisions and how that impacts our businesses. What gives you a sense that you are achieving, making...
Ready to scale your business?
This week I've been reflecting on growth and scaling, positioned in the entrepreneur world as the ultimate prize. Most business owners want more. More growth, more opportunities, more freedom. Achieving our goals without burning ourselves out is no easy task. How do...
How do you feel about money?
This week I've been reflecting on our relationship with money. Whether it's what we earn or spend, how much we charge for our products and services or how we feel about money. Most of us have a complex relationship with money. It's tied in with the picture we have of...
How balanced is your life?
This week I've been reflecting on balance. What it means and how to achieve it in a way that feels natural and harmonious. Balance is an interesting idea. It might make us think of stability or harmony, structure or freedom. Each person's definition is likely to be...
How are your boundaries?
This week I've been reflecting on trust and boundaries. How we manage our own perceptions of reality and how we relate to those around us. What limits we set and how we keep ourselves safe. Do you find it hard to know what's real? Do you question other people's...
Are you stressed?
This week I've been reflecting on how we deal with stress and change. Wherever you are in the world and whatever your field of expertise, you're likely to have to continue to deal with huge change in your life and in your business which will inevitably cause you...
Dealing with overwhelm
This week I've been reflecting on overwhelm and that feeling of juggling too many things. Have you started the new year with big goals? Too many priorities and not enough time? Whether you're just launching a new business, thinking about starting or in a growth phase,...
Activity drives results
This week I've been reflecting on the link between the activity we do and the results we achieve. It's all too easy to focus on the outcomes without taking the time to look at all the inputs. Are you feeling overwhelmed or unfocused? Maybe lacking a clear plan or...
A new year approaches
This week I've been recharging my batteries by indulging my passion for scuba diving and reflecting on the year that's almost over. Although in many ways today is just another day, it's also a chance to reflect on another cycle around the sun. What did you learn from...
Setting yourself up for success
This week I've been reflecting on how to prepare for the new year. Instead of waiting until the last minute and not giving yourself the best chance for success, how about starting now to think about how you want next year to be? At this time of year we often think...
Doing things your way
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of finding what works for us in everything we do. Not comparing ourselves to others, not chasing somebody else's dream. How do you approach tasks that drain your energy and how do you make them work for you? How do...
How disciplined are you?
This week I've been reflecting on discipline. It's something many of us strive for. Being in control of our lives. The ability to manage our time, our choices and our emotions. How do you deal with those feelings of being out of control? How do you establish...
Gaining competitive advantage
This week I've been reflecting on how we position our businesses in the market versus our competitors. Most of us are operating in competitive markets. Potential clients usually have a myriad of options and choices. So how do you differentiate what you offer, how do...
Do you trust yourself?
This week I've been thinking about trust. What it really means to trust ourselves and the people around us. Many people find trusting others hard, especially when it comes to their businesses. It's common to feel that nobody knows as much as you or will ever care for...
Where does your confidence come from?
This week I've been reflecting on confidence and where it comes from. Confidence to start a business, run a company, ask for money, spend money, hire people, manage people... Do you trust yourself? Are you somebody who naturally feels able to back themselves or are...
Time to get out of your own way?
This week I've been reflecting on how we are often our own worst enemies. We second-guess and talk down to ourselves, find reasons to blame and procrastinate and sometimes we even up up sabotaging our attempts to get what we want and need. How do you make things...
How to grow a great team
This week I've been thinking about diversity. Not a subject you'd probably associate with me as I tend to steer clear of political correctness and especially anybody who's trying to tell me or anyone else how to live our lives... But cognitive diversity is something...
Time to get into your flow
This week I've been thinking about flow. It's that feeling of being in your zone of genius. When things are effortless and you feel energised and alive. Your flow is unique to you. How much of your time do you typically spend in your flow? Do you understand what...
Managing remotely
This week I've been reflecting on how to manage remote and dispersed teams. Many of my clients run companies with people from all over the world and even if you don't, members of your team may be still working from home, at least some of the time. How do you keep...
Time to cut yourself some slack?
This week I've been giving myself a break. I've had some challenges in my personal life and have been making a conscious effort to be kind and compassionate to myself. The truth is that we all have ups and downs. Life happens. It's often a struggle to deal with what...
What’s your plan for Q4?
This week I've been reflecting on how fast time flies. What an extraordinarily unpredictable and fast-moving year this has been. And now we find ourselves at the start of the final quarter. What are your plans for the last three months of this year and how will you...
How do customers experience your business?
This week I've been reflecting on the experience our customers have with us. How they find us, what journey they take to reach us, how they navigate their way through our businesses and how they feel as they interact with us. Whatever type of business you have,...
Are you on track?
This week I've been reflecting on how we track progress. As the summer gives way to autumn and we head towards the fourth quarter, many people are dusting off the plans they made at the start of the year. Others concluded months ago, that with so much uncertainty...
How do you measure success?
This week I've been reflecting on how we measure success both for ourselves and others. It's so easy to get caught up in everybody else's vision of success but the truth is that success looks very different to each and every one of us. So how do you measure it?...
What assumptions are you making?
This week I've been reflecting on the assumptions we make and how damaging they can be to our relationships, our ability to make progress and our confidence. Most of us have the tendency to make assumptions, but the problem is that we believe them to be true. How can...
Are you hard on yourself?
This week I've been reflecting on how we speak to ourselves. Most of the things we say inside our heads we'd never dream of saying out loud or to anyone else! There's a balance to be struck between holding ourselves accountable and keeping motivated and beating...
Are you too nice?
This week I've been reflecting on what we mean by being 'too nice'. This topic has raised in coaching sessions by several clients who feel that they're not being firm enough, that worry they're being taken advantage of. How do you get the balance right between being...
Making money
This week I've been reflecting on the tension many feel about making money. It's easy to feel guilty about charging for what you do, especially if you love doing it. Whether you're afraid of 'conning' your customers, doubting the value of what you offer or feeling...
How honest are you with yourself?
This week I've been reflecting on how easy it is to avoid being truthful to ourselves. We like to pretend that things are great when they're not, we persuade ourselves that this is just the way life is, to avoid having to make decisions, and we tell ourselves change...
When is it okay to not be okay?
This week I've been reflecting on how to deal with not being okay. I've had an up and down week and although that's not necessarily unusual for me, this time it definitely got me thinking. How do you deal with feeling rubbish when everybody's looking to you to be...
Need more customers?
This week I've been reflecting on customers and how we connect with them. Almost every day I'm contacted by someone via email or LinkedIn, promising me and my business hundreds of new 'hot leads'. As if there was a silver bullet, an easy way to shortcut the process of...
Taking time out
This week I've been reflecting on time and how we use it. We all have the same 24 hours in each day, and yet some people always seem to have plenty of time while others never have enough. How do you manage your time so you get a sense of achievement without feeling...
Who do you need in your team?
This week I've been reflecting on who we need around us to make us successful. Most people who've built viable businesses, including me, will tell you that they couldn't do it without their people and yet running your own business can be a lonely place. Many of us...
What kind of leader are you?
This week I've been reflecting on leadership and what it means to be able to manage and direct others. As business owners we're usually very capable people, but just because we can do something, doesn't mean we should. You can build a product on your own but building...
How do you sell?
This week I've been reflecting on how we buy and sell. As business owners being able to connect with clients and sell our products and services is an essential skill. But many people shy away from sales or labelling themselves as a salesperson, even though the reality...
What do you measure?
This week, at almost the half way point of this crazy year, I've been reflecting on how we look at progress. Are you someone who has a plan and likes to keep track of everything or do you prefer to go with the flow and see where life takes you? Most of us are probably...
What do you dream about?
This week I've been reflecting on how to dream big! Most entrepreneurs have wild and crazy ideas and many have big and bold visions. But how often do you dismiss your dreams believing them to be impossible? What would happen if we allowed ourselves the time and space...
How comfortable are you?
This week I've been reflecting on how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Being entrepreneurs requires us to take risks and get used to the very real possibility that we might fail. It also requires us to learn and do things we never thought we were capable...
Keeping your head in the game
This week I've been reflecting on how to stay the course. It's easy to get distracted or feel overwhelmed and not find the energy to change things or make a plan. Or we convince ourselves that it's the wrong business or the wrong market or the wrong partner, so we...
What do you want from your business?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of getting clear about what we want. It's too easy to focus on all the reasons why something can't or won't happen, rather than getting clear about what it is that we actually want. As I often say, running a business is...
Are you losing your mojo?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of consistency. Showing up every day whether we feel like it or not. Running a business is a marathon not a sprint. But how do you keep that motivation going, day after day. How do you stay focused on what's important...
Where’s your focus?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of putting my focus on the things and people that I care about and prioritising what's important in my life. How do you stay focused on what's important and avoid distractions? How do you manage to juggle conflicting...
Time to get clear?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of getting clear. About your expectations, what you want from life and business and what's really important to you. Without clarity, we can feel stuck and dissatisfied. We procrastinate and look for distractions. We...
What’s your story?
It's World Book Day today and all this week I've been reflecting on the importance of communication in business. Getting your message out to the right people has never been more important and your potential clients want to know more about you. Why you do what you do...
Choices, choices…
This week I've been reflecting on choices. There are so many in life and in business! To niche or not to niche or how to niche. To hire inexperienced people that you can train and mold, or experienced hands who you can let run with things. With so many opinions on...
A rollercoaster ride…
This week I've been reflecting on perspective. After a long weekend and two short weeks, it can be a struggle to get back into the groove. We can feel that different parts of our life are fighting each other causing us to feel emotionally torn. How do you balance your...
Make it a Good Friday!
This week I've been reflecting on how many of us are drawn to a life of service. Of course people start businesses for many different reasons, but at the heart of entrepreneurship is a desire to solve a problem, to help others, to serve. This time of year is a time of...
How important is your health?
This week I've been reflecting on the importance of both mental and physical health. As business owners how do we keep ourselves healthy and in a good rhythm? Running a business can feel like a rollercoaster ride of emotions, one minute the high of signing another...
A trip down memory lane
This week has been a week of memories. One year on from that moment when my husband sat me down and said 'We need a plan...' and 25 years on from my very first day at Xerox. One of the things Xerox was known for was the quality of its training and I was fortunate to...
How do you negotiate?
This week I've been focused on negotiation. How do we ensure that our voice is heard and how do we really hear the other person without losing what's important to us? Negotiation is key to business success, whether it's with team members, clients, suppliers,...
What’s driving your decisions?
This week I've been focused on what success looks like for different people, and why we make the decisions that we do. I've been reflecting on how our values drive our decisions and how that impacts our businesses. What gives you a sense that you are achieving, making...