You may have heard the urban myth that, when a new leisure club opens in your town, they will aim at 15,000 paid memberships on the basis that only 5,000 people will turn up on a regular basis. When we launched the Extreme Business programme this year, I decided to add value to my clients’
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Do you love your work? I’ve been coached by experts over the years and they have taught me to aim at spending 80% of my professional time doing the work I love to do and 20% leading and managing the support team who do everything else. I love 80% of my Bunker Days (like yesterday,
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It was an idea that took shape in early October during a comprehensive meeting with my business coach, Rachel Turner. After much discussion the decision was made to re-introduce Mastermind workshops for owners and managers after a break of 5 years. An environment in which owners and managers could listen to me share my observations
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Back in August, I published a blog series on The 100% Growth System – a step by step approach to growing your sales and profitability by 100% – a bold, outrageous and provocative target. The 14 tactics from that series are summarised at the end of this post. At the conclusion of that summer series
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A superb day in Northern Ireland yesterday, visiting two practices with whom I intend to work on 100% Growth over the months ahead. The Difference: Zen Orthodontics in Newry – 4 years old. Creative Smiles in Belfast – established over 25 years. The Similarity: A realisation that they have a bigger future – but need
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There are days when you are truly in the zone. Doing what you were always meant to do. The work is effortless. Time flies and yet there is enough. Obstacles become part of the fun of it. The people who want to stand in your way can be ignored. Things work. It flows. Many years
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When you have won Irish Dental Practice of the Year for 2013, what do you do next? You ask your business coach to come over and spend the day discussing your strategic planning for the next 3 years. That’s what I’ll be doing today at the home of James and Sonya Hamill of Blueapple Dental
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although it is supposed to be a day off….. I’m in The Bunker working my way through the meetings, business cards and notes taken – and realising that The Show was a huge networking success. The innovation in dentistry is in: cloud-based support systems – across compliance, financial management, performance metrics and the patient experience
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I calculated (I’ll tell you why in a moment) that by the end of this year I will have presented to almost 7000 people in just under 100 workshops and presentations around the UK and Ireland. The fact is that my presentation style and content are not universally loved – but then neither is anybody’s
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“So you paid this guy Chris Barrow to go for a walk with you?” It might be a question asked of some of my clients after we have enjoyed a “shoot the breeze” day. Format: We go for a walk for 8 hours (including a lunch stop). Venue: Anywhere you like – can be in
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