It’s dangerous to be too busy to grow and very rare that I see a client take a giant leap forward with their business. Mostly, it’s small steps. Marginal gains. The last 2 days in Milan were all about that. I was working with Adec (not to be confused with the chair manufacturer – Adec
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It was a conversation with my business coach that had me scribbling furiously on a notepad as Rachel Turner shared her wisdom and experience on dealing with overwhelm. Yes – overwhelm – the business coach asking his business coach about how to navigate a way through feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day.
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During our workshops in Mumbai and Delhi last week we began each event by asking the audience for a “shopping list” of the questions they wanted answering and the outcomes required from the day. On reflection, what we should have done is to specify two lists: Questions connected to the subject matter for which the
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I have a tendency to “faff about” before starting really big project work. I can find so many excuses and distractions before I finally sit down and concentrate. Put the kettle on, empty the tumble-dryer, put the bins out, quickly check my social media to see if anybody said or did anything, scan my emails,
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There are some projects (almost always associated with working ON as opposed to working IN your business and your life) that simply cannot get done in between your daily tasks. One of the lessons I was taught many years ago was to realise that it’s perfectly OK to book an appointment with yourself in the
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Let’s go back 20 years – the millennium is approaching and imagine I’m predicting at a conference that, by 2019, there would be a new breed of Principals and Managers – multi-site owners, growing from their original location to create micro-corporates across 2-10 locations, doing so by buying satellite practices from retiring dentists who are
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Nigel Risner is a world renowned international speaker who conducts over 100 presentations a year, all over the world. He is the author of five business books. His most popular book The Impact Code is all about creating the life that you deserve. You will warm to Nigel and I can promise after you have
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I’ve observed that, in a coaching meeting, there is very often a moment when a light bulb flashes in the client’s head and they suddenly get clarity on an issue that they’ve been struggling with for some time. Recent examples have been clients realising: what to do in order to hit a seemingly impossible sales
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Today my final workshop of the week in Dublin for a group of 7 independent orthodontic practices. That’s 3 workshops and 1 team training day in 4 consecutive days – plenty of steps on my Garmin, a somewhat deeper voice than I had on Monday and a lot of people met and engaged with. During
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I first heard about Chris at the Dentistry Show back in 2011/12 and over the years attended his talks at The Dentistry Show as well as a “Growing the Business” day in Kensington in 2012. I contacted Chris for our latest (2nd) cycle of coaching because: I work at and treat Meadow Walk Dental/The Gallery
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