You basically need just 5 things to thrive in business. Focus, leverage, leadership, management and passion The really good news is that everyone can master these just by giving them your attention. Focus Being able to stay focused is the first key to small business success. There will always be new options, new opportunities, new markets you ...
If you are serious about building your business you need to make sure your time, energy and attention are being spent on “the right stuff” for business. With that notion in mind, here are the Top 7 Activities of Great Leaders 1. Setting the Vision… and checking that all your activities are leading to that end. Businesses ...
© 2009 Linda Feinholz In a meeting last week with one of my Platinum clients, Brian, reviewing the goals he had achieved since we began work in January, he shared an “Ah Ha!” he’s had. “Linda, when you kept steering me to simplify my Vision, I didn’t want to hear it. I ...
© 2007 Linda Feinholz. During the week of Thanksgiving in the United States, many of us reflect on all that we appreciate in our business and personal lives. Did you know, being grateful actually increases your results? You might already be aware that being grateful is good for your sense of well-being and your state of mind ...
© 2008 Linda Feinholz. If I were to make a guess, it would be that you’re hearing an average of 6,294 messages a day about how bad a disaster the economy is, how everyone is going to loose their jobs, the roof over their heads, and even the ability to put ...
All too often, we go through our day, deciding what we'll experience before an event actually takes place. We are each 'primed' by our experiences. We take an past experience, and label it, and then hold that label in our mind as our 'quick' reminder of how we perceive the person or event. For instance, when ...
© 2008 Linda Feinholz For two days I stayed out of it. I sat watching and listening. That’s what I was supposed to be doing, as a consultant and coach who was sitting in to observe the workings of a team of managers as they conducted their monthly senior management meeting. And boy did I have to bite ...
© 2008 Linda Feinholz. Here's an interesting fact... According to one of today’s leading authorities on Attention Deficit Disorders, Tellman Knudsen, if you have ADD, you have been programmed since birth to actually NOT be able to do something you really need to do to succeed in life... The thing you have been programmed not ...
By Linda Feinholz, "Your High Payoff Catalyst" I got the most marvelous surprise today. It was totally unexpected, and stopped me dead in my metaphorical tracks. I’d been listening to one of my coaching clients describe how scattered she’d become. She’s a small business owner, planning on doubling her sales and finding a new facility ...
Most of the meetings I attend conclude with everyone shoving themselves away from the table (or phone) in relief. During that meeting at least one person offered an idea they could have kept to themselves. Acknowledge them and they’ll show up fully again at the next meeting. And it will encourage you to show up with ...