Business coaching only works under these two conditions
Business coaching isn’t magic though the results can make it feel so. One client had one session with me where we reviewed her offerings, sketched out a new approach to her strategy work, and priced it. She had an...
New online business models to sell services online
One of the perks of my job is lifting the lid on other people’s businesses. As a business coach and trainer, I have a front-row seat to the evolution of online business models as well as business services that are...
On getting the dance floor started
In the summer of 1969, tens of thousands of people swayed, jived, bopped and shimmied to the likes of Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, BB King, The 5th Dimension, Marvis Staples, Sly and the Family Stone,...
Five effective, tech-free ways to grow your business
Like the seasons, I expand and contract. During social seasons, I’m reaching out to others, keen to talk, pitching myself, and saying ‘yes’ a lot. I’m good fun during these times.And then the contraction: my calendar...
Marketing versus growth
A silver lining in the madness of the Covid pandemic was colossal growth for certain businesses. From children's education to home repairs, business education to website design, some small businesses in some sectors...
Start a business, save the world
Circa 2005, I boxed up the leftovers from one of my client’s corporate lunch events and dropped it off at an industrial estate near Sydney Airport. Oz Harvest was in its nascency, having started in 2004 by Ronni Kahn,...
Zen and the art of coaching
“The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there” (Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance). Coaching is a lot of “not this” and “not that”, much like zen. It can be...
With online courses, begin at the end
Jane Doe decides to create an online course. She’s seen online courses promising everything from how to grow beautiful orchids, to how to home-school effectively, make your own pickles, or learn business bookkeeping,...
The ego and marketing
For seven years, I marketed my marketing services without using the word ‘marketing’ because my audience hated that word. Instead, I talked around the topic, using words such as “communicating” and phrases like “giving...
Reducing your internet consumption while you find new clients
Online course creators don’t love course junkies. Most course creators and coaches want their students to use what they learn, and reap the rewards. Course junkies, by definition, don’t have time to apply what they...
Communicating value versus justifying your price
Having rolled out of bed precisely eight minutes earlier, I wasn’t in my best form. I'd checked my calendar in bed and seen a sales call booked in. The person had booked in with little-to-no notice due to my mistake –...
Reclaiming Mondays
Sunday afternoon sun lays low in the sky, ushering in what should be a mellow evening hanging out with your favourite people, eating good food by a crackling fire, and feeling sated and satisfied by a weekend well...
