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Fours Stages Of Learning For Business Owners
As business owners we often don’t know what we don’t know! How do we learn anything? The four stages of learning, initially described as “Four Stages for Learning Any New Skill”, was apparently developed at Gordon Training International by Noel Burch in the 1970s. (Wikipedia) It’s a great theory for business owners to understand because […]
The Amazing Power Of An Advisory Board
Why many heads are better than one! Karl Duncker’s radiation question. “What’s Karl Duncker and radiation got to do with business advisory boards?” you ask. Whilst researching for a public presentation recently I came across the story about Karl Duncker and I realised it explained exactly why advisory boards are such a powerful tools for […]
Who IS Your Target Market?
When you are very clear on your target market and their wants, needs and desires, you can give them what they want and then you will get what you want! Often my first question when I meet a business owner for the first time is “So, who is your target market?” Their answer tells me […]
Great To Have Standards In Business
It’s great when you spot a business which “sets high standards” and pays attention to detail. Here is a small and not serious sign of a business which doesn’t pay attention to detail or train staff to maintain standards.
Socrates Triple Filter
Ponder on this story and think about business and life in our world today! Could you do this? Are you strong enough to do it? Is it worth doing? What difference would it make to anything? With all the fake news stories we hear, and politicians around the world seeming to be OK with telling […]
Business Owners: Do You Have A Business Or A Practice?
Many people tell me that they want to sell a business. In reality after asking some pointed questions, it often turns out that they have a practice or are simply “self employed”. They have a job working for themselves.