When you are in Taiwan, looking at a total eclipse of the sun, its a big issue. The sky has darkened, the birds have stopped singing, nature pauses. But when you are on the NASA Earth Observatory, looking at the eclipse over Taiwan, its no big thing. and so it is with many of the
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Originally uploaded by coachbarrow Looking forward to presenting the Patient Journey day at Chandos House – it will be good to be in front of a crowd again after nearly two months off speaking in public. By the way – to settle a point raised by some readers – I am still accepting speaking assignments
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Monday was a “red letter day” for two reasons: Firstly, we welcomed 2 new clients in one day to The Breathe Business Club.One “sale” was completed by Bonnie over the telephone, after the client had email correspondence with me and a telephone call with Simon – good teamwork.  The second “sale” was confirmed after a
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After yesterday’s Leeds workshop I drove into the City Centre to visit with existing Bespoke clients Jack Cooke and Richard Moon. For the last year I have been working with them on their other practices at Ashby Dental and Wetherby Orthodontics – my work is done there. So now we are entering into year 2
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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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Third of three workshops yesterday and another large room (90 people) in Farnham, Surrey. I was chatting about the power of branding in modern-day consumerism – and suddenly realised I am a walking brand advert: Armani t-shirt; Hugo Boss trousers; Paul Smith underwear; Prada shoes; Oakley watch. I cannot remember where I bought my socks!
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I’m sitting in the lounge of the Thorpe Park hotel, just outside of Leeds, answering emails at 6.30pm, after a workshop day delivering our second quarter’s presentation to over 100 people. For some years now, Leeds has been our most heavily attended venue and the atmosphere in the room today was electric. In some ways,
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Although Friday is normally a free day, I’m investing a bonus business development day today, because there is one important task that I must complete before I can clear my mind. Over time, we have added more and more “features” to the way in which I deliver my business coaching – many of which have
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That was the question from a coach who attended my workshop last Friday.”Chris. Forget the marketing funnel, the pie slices and the back-office team – I need to make money NOW – so what do I do?” Now, of course, there is an element of bed-wetting going on here – the answer may provide a
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What a fantastic practice visit yesterday. I’ll keep the identity of the client confidential but I have rarely enjoyed meeting a new principal and his team so much. The owner has single-handedly built a 2m pound dental practice, forged with his own hard work, his vision, his sheer determination and the creation of an excellent
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