A New Business Plan!

Here at Stately Wayne Manor, I am working on a new business plan. More fun than a root canal! I have done many, and read many more, and I can say with some confidence, building them is rarely a pleasant time.   They do serve a purpose however. Their best purpose...

Looking for someone to coach

So the question this week is: What does a business person want? I believe a successful business owner wants three things beyond regular cash flow: 1. A sense that they understand their business fundamentals, and what their books are telling them, and how to plan for...

Business Coaching

Coaching….The Movie. So…what’s happening with my potential coaching career? Well, here is my prediction: Coaching will almost completely replace Motivational Training over the next few years. The largest reason? Well aside that coaching is the flavour of...

Never Hire a Broke Success Coach

There is a fair amount of information floating around about “Success Coaching”. My Brother, who is a pastor, says the growth in interest is simply because some people who don’t go to church, still want a sermon. I have some opinions/suggestions which...

Motive8U

As a person who has worked closely with Goal Setting and the Motivational Training Industry, I am getting concerned with our total preoccupation with “Toy” consumption. I have long coached using visuals to represent the achievement of a clear set and aspired goal....

Career Advice

When Dustin Hoffman was the Graduate in that famous 60’s movie, he was given one word  as career advice, that word was “plastics”. If I was offering two words for the next generation they would be “second career”. Many people dream of retiring at sixty-five.   So if...