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Management
3 Steps to Falling in Love with Your Business Again
Coaching business owners can feel a lot like marriage counseling.
I get the frustrations. I know what it’s like to be an owner who wakes up and thinks, “I don’t want to do this job anymore. I don’t like my choices and feel constrained by my options.”
Often these difficulties and the lack of motivation creep in because we’ve stopped loving the business like we used to. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up on the company.
Operations
How to Hire the Right Type of Project Manager
Not all project managers are the same. And depending on your business model, products/services, culture, and niche, the criteria for choosing the right project manager varies greatly.
So how do you know you’re hiring the right type of project manager for your company?
We see this most clearly when it goes wrong. You hire someone with proven PM experience only to realize they don’t understand anything about how you do project management in your organization.
Management
The #1 Reason You’re Suffering From Analysis Paralysis
You’ve been collecting data, gathering information, asking for insight, but you’re still not comfortable making the decision. If you could only get a little more data or reach a consensus, you’d feel better about moving forward, right?
The truth is, it isn’t a lack of data that’s postponing your decision.
If you’re suffering from analysis paralysis, it’s because you’re afraid of making a mistake.
Strategy
The 6 Keys to Making Intentional Progress Towards Any Goal
Your business is going to progress no matter what.
If you want to make progress intentional in your company, you need to choose the direction you want to go. Then, you need to be ready for change.
The question isn’t if your business will change in the future — I guarantee you it will. The real question is how will your business will change in the future.
Operations
How to Follow Your Passion (and Still Run a Successful AV Business)
Are you following your passion at work? Or did you have to give that up when you decided to run your own AV business?
Guess what? You can do both.
Marketing
Why You Should Kill Your Great Ideas
Not every idea is worth acting on… even if it’s a great idea.
When my clients pitch favorite new ideas to me, my first thought is usually, “How can I stop this?”
No, I’m not out to get them. I want them to succeed. But sometimes, it’s our best ideas that stop us from taking the action needed to reach our goals.