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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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money–That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki My rating: 5 of 5 stars I genuinely wish that I had read and understood this book when I was 21 years old, instead of finding it much later in my life.
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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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I’m reminded in recent weeks that our main mission at 7connections is not to coach the best Principals in dentistry – but to help recruit, train, consult, coach and mentor THE BEST MANAGERS. Because with the best managers, you will grow the best business. On Monday I was interviewing prospective managers for a client. In
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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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