Every Friday morning my active coaching clients receive an email asking them to visit a landing page and complete their Extreme Business Weekly Tracker. They answer the questions, press “SEND” and I get the email directly (they have a copy as well). I use the same system to report to my own coach. The weekly
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I’m looking for a final 4 people (or 2 couples) to attend this total immersion in coaching. We now have dentists joining us from the UK, South Africa and Sweden, travelling in especially to attend. The retreat is open to anybody who owns an existing dental business whether NHS, mixed, private or specialist from single
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The news today that Asana, the project and task management software company, have raised $75m in funding from Al Gore’s London-based asset management company Generation Investment Management is a sign, if it were needed, that we all have a lot to do and need more sophisticated ways of keeping track. The remote team at Coach
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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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Travelling on the Heathrow Express yesterday I noted the on-board TV advert from Tata Communications (who sponsor the service) telling me that: 90% of all the data in the world has been created in the last 2 years Proof positive (as if we needed it) that we simply cannot keep up. Whether it’s the 2
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There is a lot of disruption in the UK dental landscape at the moment, both negative and positive. Here are some of the things I’m noticing, even in the first few days of the working year: as the battle for private market share heats up between BUPA, Portman and (now) Dentex, positive disruption in goodwill
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There are two distinct versions of overwhelm. Overwhelm from above Taking too many things on. Being attracted by Bright Shiny Objects (BSOs). New applications and software, new technology, new courses, new equipment, new techniques, new philosophies, new gurus (!). You need to ask two serious questions before embracing the “new”: is this going to distract
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Up at 05:00 this morning and back into my weekday routine for the first time since Friday 23rd December (which feels like 3 months ago and not 2.5 weeks). In spite of the fact that my body is still in recovery mode, I managed a 5k jog around Regents Park with only the company of
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There have been a couple of central themes about my client meetings in December (the last two of which will take place today – woo!). feedback that 2017 has been a great year for business – clients sharing stories of growth in sales and profitability; feedback that their 2018 goals are focused on stability and
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Friday morning at the Hilton Gatwick and I’ll shortly be catching the Express into Central London for my last client meeting of the week with the simply delightful Imran Sayed and Dahlia Sunba, owners of Chelsea and Fulham Dentist. If I may say so, they are the archetype young married dental couple who are simultaneously
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