Alarm call at 4.30am, cab at 5.15am, flight from Glasgow to Gatwick at 6.15am. Then a full-day practice visit with a 6-partner expense sharing dental practice to discuss their marketing strategy, re-branding, staff training and communication skills between the partners. This is one of the best managed practices I coach and yet they still have
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On our bridge call with coaches last night, I was asked to describe how I have managed to climb out of my recent period of “funk” and re-establish my enthusiasm for life. I shared a number of actions, including: Writing authentically in my ezines – this brings 80% appreciation and support from readers plus 20%
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Your business can only begin to grow when you get out of management and get into leadership. Your business needs effective management systems – for finance, marketing, sales, operations and teamwork. You are the worst choice possible of people to manage those systems. Your job is to spend 80% of your time on your Unique
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I’m sure the Irish ancestry is at work. Sat in the Belfast Hilton with a pint of ice cold Guinness, answering emails before tonight’s presentation. I feel so much at home here – I love the Irish attitude to life. My cab driver from the airport was a laugh and my receptionist at the Hilton
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As expected, an audience of over 500 last night on the campus of Nottingham University – a new location for Talking Points and well supported by an enthusiastic crowd. I was delighted to meet with Chris Potts, former clinical director at Boots Dentalcare – and still working for Boots as they dismantle their healthcare services.
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Interesting responses to last week’s ezine and my thoughts and scribbles about the pressures of my life at the moment. During the week I was delighted to read countless messages of goodwill and encouragement. Then today two trusted professional friends contacted me (quite separately) to say that they had been asked by others “whether Chris
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I was speaking with a coach yesterday who is considering changing her existing client niche and starting a brand new coaching practice with a group of people she has never worked with before. Naturally, she was asking “where do I start?” with such a daunting task. In particular, Chris Barrow has told his clients to
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I was chatting to one of my co-presenters last night in Leeds, Stephen Hancocks – a former wet-fingered dentist who is now a publisher, writer, speaker and Editor of the the prestigious British Dental Journal. On the subject of personal turning points, he related the story of a flat-mate in London who, when asked why
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Watford last night – over 500 people. Leeds tonight. I let the train take the strain yesterday afternoon and this morning – over £200 for a first-class ticket and worth every penny on Virgin Trains new rolling stock. A comfortable and quiet first-class cabin, power supply for my laptop and complimentary food and drink delivered
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Watford last night – over 500 people. Leeds tonight. I let the train take the strain yesterday afternoon and this morning – over £200 for a first-class ticket and worth every penny on Virgin Trains new rolling stock. A comfortable and quiet first-class cabin, power supply for my laptop and complimentary food and drink delivered
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