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Come to me with solutions instead of problems

November 21, 2008

Incorporating coaching into my management style is having benefits to me, my team and the business as a whole. I am still working to move away from my natural telling/’fix it’ mode towards active listening and questioning, but I am already seeing some amazing results in both individuals and in the team dynamics. Self sufficiency: [...]

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BlueKiteCoach is now (un)limited!!!

November 1, 2008

On Tuesday 28th October 2008, BlueKiteCoach Limited was officially registered with Companies House. On Thursday 30th October 2008, BlueKiteCoach Limited received it’s first piece of junk business mail!

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Why do businesses succeed or fail? HINT: It’s not just sales.

October 18, 2008

From the first paragraph of Jeffrey Gitomer’s latest e-zine, I was hooked. “Everyone has heard the phrase ‘The American Dream.’ I look at it as ‘The American Reality.’ When you’re in business for yourself you write your own history, you write your own success story, you write your own legacy, and most important you write [...]

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I think I’ll try defying gravity

October 15, 2008

Defying Gravity, from the hit musical Wicked, has become ‘my song’ in recent months and regularly provides me just the right amount of motivation and confidence I need to get me doing those things for my business that are hard, routine or that, at the outset, appear risky.    The following lines in particular resonate [...]

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Have you ever thought about when in the day you are most productive?

September 27, 2008

I hadn’t until recently when I decided that I work best from about 08:00 – 12:00 and 15:00 – 18:00. (although 0600-0800 can also be very productive when I don’t have children needing my attention) Knowing this allowed me to plan my working day better. My team of 8 in India work 24/7 within three [...]

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