Working with Chris Barrow as your coach – what has been the biggest BOP (Bold, Outrageous, Provocative) and MOT (My Moment of Truth) idea for you – that lightbulb moment when you thought…”OMG – I need to do this differently if I want to change for the better” and then did that thing – and
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It was Geoffrey Chaucer in the year 1374 (and not Nelly Furtado) who originally is quoted as saying “all good things must come to an end”. At the end of 2013 we will be saying a very fond farewell to a lynchpin in our organisation – Phillippa Goodwin. Phillippa has been my right-hand, my wing-woman and
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This is the really basic stuff – and some of you may want to skip over this post with a rosy glow of “we are already doing that.” If so – well done. Question 1: “does either your internal financial manager or your external book-keeper/accountant produce a full profit and loss statement on a monthly
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First things first – hats off to the team for holding the conference at the Hilton Metropole on Edgware Road. My heart sank when I first saw the venue – this has been a rather crappy tourist Hilton for so long – but – we walked through the door last night to find the recently
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Create your own mind maps at MindMeister

I’ll be at the BACD from Thursday afternoon – through to close of play Saturday. There to network, to observe, to chat and to listen. Normally, my initial conversations with prospective coaching clients are over the telephone. To support and encourage the BACD and all that they do – Im happy to make myself available.
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Delegation is trending. The difference between an overwhelmed Principal and a relaxed Principal is an effective manager(s). Someone to delegate to – someone who you can trust to do it as well as you would yourself, 90% of the time – and quick to learn when they produce 10% of results that are less brilliant
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The team at 7connections have been getting me back into some good habits recently, one of which was to start asking existing clients for testimonials for the difference that we make – hence Testimonial Tuesday will become a regular blog feature. Fitness Friday will be another and I was tickled pink when a testimonial came
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I have the permission of Sandeep Mohal, Principal of Confidental in Sandhurst – permission to bust him. There I was today for a management meeting and I asked him where his lovely business cards were. The cards tick most of my boxes – especially a delightful photograph of the man himself (sorry I cannot reproduce
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Entrepreneurs I used to think didn’t have enough hobbies.Then I thought they must be workaholics. Or both. I always assumed they had more than enough money. I always assumed I’d jump at the chance to retire once I had worked out how much enough was and had squirrelled it away. And now courtesy of living
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