Have you ever listened to any Spencer Davis Group music? (They were a UK band formed in 1963 and lasted about six years.) One of their massive hits was the Gimme Some Loving song. I fell in love with that song more than twenty years after it was released. The chorus goes like this. So …
Blog
OUR BLOG
Digitally speaking, blogging is the best way for us to share our insights into the way businesses are run and how they communicate. Please check back regularly as we update this blog page at least once a week with fresh insights and stories
A True Confession About Trust and Action
I hope you took action and read the trust report I shared with you last week. (Here it is again if you did not get a chance.) It is stunning. Today I want to share a backstory about me, the generational divide, and how the young people of today are way smarter than even we …
Trust: The New ‘Must Have’
You know how I keep going on and on about your key messaging? It started with the BulletProof Trifecta. Incorporate your beliefs about how much you adore your customers and employees, how your simple processes make it painlessly easy to do business with you and how your work within your community highlights you as a …
Using the Good from COVID Time
Time management is a real thing, isn’t it? I bet you have been thinking a lot about this COVID thing. Me too. I’ve been mulling over the pros and cons of the whole crisis and as is my inclination, trying to concentrate on the best parts. Family, relationships, what’s really important, finding and filling the …
How Responsible Do You Feel About Your Business?
Most of us are well aware of Ellen DeGeneres. Y’know, the very creative TV personality who has a huge empire built on gentle humour, amazing dancing and a ‘be kind’ ethos. Her business longevity stats are awesome too. Almost twenty years, 3,000 episodes, and over 1,000 staff members. So, have you heard that her show …
Read more “How Responsible Do You Feel About Your Business?”
Does Your Prospecting Fit the Times?
These COVID times have sharpened our thinking, haven’t they? With less free cash to spare, just about all of us are paying closer attention to the products/services we buy and to how we get pitched. Because wasting money or making a big mistake is simply not allowed right now. And for those of us pitching …
Business IS Personal. Solid Relationships Matter
Solid relationships with your people build massive ROIs. Y’know how I constantly go on about how business is Personal? And Personal means People? People. Not data and not tech? I want to share something that happened this week. A bit of background More than twenty years ago, I began building my ultimate dream team. A …
Read more “Business IS Personal. Solid Relationships Matter”
Right Now — How Is Your Focus?
Most of the business people I serve right now are having issues staying focussed. Life still feels chaotic and cRaZy these days, right? Which is leading to colossal feelings of frazzle and overwhelm. Yet, this is excellent news. Because these mood swings are our body’s way of coping so they are a very normal state …
How Goes Your Networking These Days?
When COVID hit, I struggled with Networking in the virtual world. The old ways of ‘press the flesh’ and ’60 second sound bites’ fell completely flat. I could see how precious little was resonating in the zoom rooms because simply migrating stale practices to a virtual environment is ineffective on so many levels. I needed …
What Are Your Core Values?
I want to share a common and recurrent theme I see as I help business owners grapple with their Post-COVID Success Plans. Personal Values. What are your core values and what exactly do you stand for? In the current environment, we are all finding that trying to get someone to take a look at our …