• What is a Certified Business Coach?

    CoachA Certified Business Coach is a person who has had formal training in the process of coaching clients in many aspects of business. This person has many years of experience in the business world and is trained in how to help their client improve in all aspects of their business and personal life. The coach does not bring the answers, manage the employees, improve the balance sheet, increase production, secure more clients or in essence do your job. The coach helps you focus on the results that you want to attain.

    A successful business coach helps you unlock your potential. Your coach is a person who makes you look deep into yourself and then you will take the action that will lead you down your path of achievement. In sports a good coach helps the players understand that the individual has to set high expectations for themselves and then practice-practice-practice. On game day it is all about the execution of the plays that have been practiced.

    In the business world many people simply want to come to work each day and do their job. When they are not performing at the level they want, it is often blamed on some one else. A coach can help you look deeper for solutions that probably require introspection and change. You will probably , like the athlete, have to practice doing things differently to achieve a better result. A certified business coach is trained to listen to your issues and help you find the solutions .


  • Increase your productivity by getting Organized

    Stacks of paperAnyone who wants to increase their productivity in their life or profession has to get organized. Often that is easier said than done. The first step in to becoming organized is to set aside a specific amount of time to begin the process. Disorganization reduces your effectiveness and can make you feel out of control. A disorganized person often takes longer to accomplish a task because they have to spend time looking for things or information that an organized person has at their figure tips.

    So how can you become organized? First thing is to make a commitment to yourself that you will become organized. If you are a person who says I would like to be more organized but I don’t know how, you need to stop and change today. It is a lot easier than you think. It involves the 3-D’s. No, that is not special glasses to watch a movie. It is Do it, Dump it or Delegate it.

    Step 1 in the process is to set a minimum 2 hour appointment with yourself. Put it on your calendar. Turn off your phone , cell phone and computer. Put a do not disturb sign on your door.  During this appointment you are going to handle every piece of paper and other things in your office once.  You need to determine if it needs to be done, dumped or delegated. If you say that you have no one to delegate to, that is wrong. You can always outsource an activity. This is especially true if someone else can do it faster and better allowing you time to do what is more productive.

    It is obvious that the dumped items are going away and uncluttering your office and life. Remember if you have not done anything with it in the past 6 months, you either need to throw it away or put it in storage. Even the IRS does not require you to keep things forever.

    The delegated things are also going away where they will be properly handled and processed.

    Finally you have the Do It group. Put them in 4 groups. Today, this week, Next week, When I have time. It is amazing how few things need to be done today. The problem is when we postpone doing them until tomorrow. The problem with tomorrow is that it never comes.  ” Today is yesterday’s tomorrow”.

    So set yourself a goal to become a person who is determined to unclutter and begin doing today. You will amaze yourself on how much more relaxed and productive you will become.