“Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.”- Nido Qubein A business leader is responsible for establishing the VISION and the FOCUS of the organization. Let’s discuss the importance of staying focused in the right areas. You must fight to keep your people focused… Read More »
Business Success through Leadership
“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” – Theodore Roosevelt Have you created your vision for your company and life? A Strategic Business Owner must be an effective leader. Vision creation is a critical… Read More »
Accountability with Goal Setting – Move Forward to Your Business Goals
The keys to success in any business is to continually be looking for ways to improve not only the business but ownership as well. We as business professionals need to be working to continually improve emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually in order to find balance in our lives. Success in business is not guaranteed, so we need to avail ourselves of… Read More »
Prioritizing Goal Setting for Business Success
In order to be successful we need to develop clarity on where it is we want the business to go. We need to develop goals and action plans in order to achieve those goals. We need to learn to set priorities among competing demands in order to achieve our goals. Being held accountable by a business coach can help you… Read More »
Achieve More with Less: Follow the 80/20 Rule
The 80/20 rule applies to everything in business. As owners we need to learn to focus on the 20% of our activities that will generate 80% of the return on our investment of time, energy and financial resources. We need to learn to set goals around that essential 20%. Video Transcription My name’s Gary Furr and I… Read More »
Business Tips for Busy Professionals
Earn More, Work Less & Enjoy a Richer Life! Business owners we can help you transcend the stressful, daily tasks of running a business so you can work on the strategic growth of your company and spend time doing what you love. These tips cover the topics where busy business professionals need help most: leadership,… Read More »
Secrets to Business Success Part Three: Communication
Over the course of the last two Growth Coach articles, we’ve been looking at the T.L.C.s of successful business management – Time, Leadership and Communication. We’ve talked about how time is a truly limited resource and how successful business leaders delegate minor and de-prioritize minor tasks. We’ve also addressed that great leaders focus on ensuring… Read More »
Balancing Life and Business to Gain More Time to Spend With Family
Did you struggle with balancing life and business this holiday season? The holidays are notoriously tough for everyone, but especially so for business owners. There are busy days, days when the business is closed, times when you need to be off work, times when your employees need off and more. It’s easy to get wrapped… Read More »
Secrets to Success Part Two: Business Leadership
Every business owner has their own tricks of the trade for business success, but the essential skills they all need to master fall under: T.L.C. – Time, Leadership and Communication In my last piece, I looked at the challenges and solutions involved with time management We talked about the importance of identifying minor tasks and… Read More »
Secrets of Business Success Part One: Time
Business leaders around the world each have their own secrets to business success – traits and skills they hold as being of the highest importance when it comes to running a successful business. Most of these can be categorized under: T.L.C – Time, Leadership and Communication I’m going to address each of those characteristics in a three-part series –… Read More »