Sunday, December 16, 2007

Who Needs a Coach anyway?

By Ken Ingram

Quote from Muhammad Ali,
“The greatest lesson I've learned - is to have someone pushing you and making you do things you did not think you could do".

Quote from Bob Gainey (Montreal Canadians)
“We all want the team to get better, so the individuals have to get better. You can go and get other players or you can get the players you have to play better”.

All professional and amateur athletes work with Coaches in order to enable them to get that slight edge over their competition. According to the Quebec International Coach Federation, a growing number of businesses are looking to professional business coaches to help them tap into more of their potential in order to improve the bottom-line.

Perhaps you can benefit as well.

Here are five things to consider

Time, working with a Coach will enable you to identify areas that are important now and in the future so that solutions can be put in place. Leveraging your time is a critical success factor.
Fewer mistakes, it is lonely at the top and the old model of learning from experience is expensive and time consuming. Experience is an expensive trainer.
Stay ahead, things are changing at a faster rate than ever, if you are solving tomorrow’s challenges with yesterdays strategies it may not attain a gold medal financial year or get the results you want.
Balance, many of us are working harder than we need to in order to get results. A Coach can provide solutions that enable you to establish a new level of balance both professionally and personally. Your family will appreciate the change.
Goals, enable you to stay on course, keep focus and ensure that distractions do not influence your business. A coach helps you to develop and understand what is important in the process so that the right attitude and habits are developed.

Coaching is confidential and enables you to test, explore and discuss issues critical to the success of your business. A Coach will ensure that you put the ideas in to practice by changing your habits and behaviors in order to get the results you want.

Growing Your Business Intelligently
(514) 668-2320

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Do You Have Santa Claus Skills?

By Ken Ingram

Without doubt, Santa Claus is the world’s most successful entrepreneur. All his clients love him. This is a testament to his abilities in sales and business development. He has learned and mastered the ability to ACCISS the best methods to achieve greater sales by always knowing what to say and how to say it. He recognizes that we are all part of the idea delivery system and this enables him to be truly and fully connected in business. Ho-Ho-Ho and what do you want?

Let’s talk about his result centered leadership style. His ability to engage and motivate his team of elves every step of the way by tapping into their imagination has enabled them to design and manufacture billions of toys. This must be stressful but it is also his responsibility as the leader to manage his stress and to help others manage theirs.

As a master planner, Santa has fine-tuned his organization by taking into account the milestones that are critical for an effective overall operating philosophy. He has assessed where the organization must be in the future and developed both short and long-term goals in order to fly above global competition

Concerning his own personal productivity and use of time, he has mastered his ability not to become distracted and diverted from what is important. The key to feeling in control is to focus on what is essential rather than what is pressing. He has learned how to be proactive rather than reactive. This enables him to stay jolly.

Of course, the Achievement Center cannot claim credit for Santa’s personal and professional development; it was Mrs Claus. Getting to the North Pole may be a little far for you and your organization, so for similar results, you can call us because we are right here in Montreal.

Lastly, I would like to say many thanks to all of our clients for making this year a great success. Please do not keep us a secret. We make a great under the tree present to yourself and organization.

Do you have the audacity to be the master of your own success in 2008?

Growing your business - intelligently!Faites prospérer votre entreprise - intelligemment!

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6300 Cote de liesse suite 201
St Laurent Quebec H4T 1E3 Phone: (514) 668-2320