My favourite comment of the day – from a new client attending our Manchester workshop: “Up until last November I was an associate in a dental practice. I used to finish work by 6.00pm every evening and go to my gym for a work-out – then a few drinks with friends, a meal and in
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First meeting of the embryonic “New Team CB” today. We borrowed the board room of an accountancy practice and I arrived with my car loaded – boxes of workbooks for this week’s workshops, ring binders inherited from Barbara containing historical financial records, old cheque book stubs, badges and CD’s again for the workshops. I resembled
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I don’t normally work on Fridays but yesterday I took a train to Bristol to spend the afternoon and evening helping a national dental service company work on their 3-year vision. The meeting began at 1.00pm and we were still talking (albeit rather incoherently) at midnight after a heavy meal and lashings of white wine.
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I mentioned that yesterday’s meeting was to assist my top client with his marketing plans. In fact, one of our main topics of discussion was the financial budget for his 2006/7 trading year. We began this part of the meeting by creating an Excel spreadsheet which included ALL of the potential ways he could spend
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Sometimes life happens too quickly to keep up with blogging. The final professional days of last week were very busy with looking at potential new office premises and attending team meetings. Also, on Friday, I said a sad “goodbye”to Barbara Trotter, my trusty business manager for the last 2 years. After a holiday weekend here
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It’s 5.00am in Cardiff and I’ve been awake since 4.15am. As usual, the air-lock door swings open when I wake and 101 thoughts come rushing through like sea water breaching a submarine compartment. The bells of the town hall ring out every 15 minutes and, after a while, I think “bugger it” and decide to
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It’s 5.00am in Cardiff and I’ve been awake since 4.15am. As usual, the air-lock door swings open when I wake and 101 thoughts come rushing through like sea water breaching a submarine compartment. The bells of the town hall ring out every 15 minutes and, after a while, I think “bugger it” and decide to
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My business manager for the last 2 years, Barbara Trotter, finishes work on Friday this week to take up a new opportunity in the South East of England. I have written some reflections on our professional relationship in this week’s newsletter, due out in the next 48 hours. So I’ll be visiting Barbara three times
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Yesterday was what we call a “call-in day” – which means that we use www.appointmentquest.com as an on-line appointment manager that clients’ use to book themselves a 15-minute coaching call with me (I call them). They are amongst my favourite professional days as the cut and thrust of so many conversations: keeps me very sharp;
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Went shopping in Central Manchester yesterday lunchtime – ostensibly just for a pootle around (and a ride on the Manchester Eye) but also to replenish my travelling stock of Aveda shampoo and conditioner. I know I sound like a real tart – but I like their Rosemary Mint shampoo and conditioner. After all, I’ve now
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