17 3/4 Ways to Shrink Your Business
“Big Mistakes for Small Business” To get the best out of this article the reader is advised to place their tongue firmly in their cheek, now read on. 1. Torment your customers with rules that you create to make your business life easier but don’t work for your customer. Turbo-charge this approach by constant harassment […]
August 30th Induction Training
We hold our third Australian Induction training Program this entire week, in Byron Bay. We’ll be training our new business coaches in the use of our systems to help them provide better and more consistent coaching services than they would if they relied only on their brains and commercial experience (which are considerable). We’ll also […]
Too Young To Retire
I had a chance meeting with a gentleman on the weekend who told me that he was “Semi-Retired”. As the conversation progressed, it became evident that he had been made redundant, from a middle management position, as his company consolidated different departments in a cost cutting exercise. He not only took a healthy payout from […]
Work: Life Balance Discussion
The more alert among you will have noticed our lively and spirited discussion on work-life balance from a week or two ago. If you didn’t, let me point out that you can add a comment to our blog posts when you click through to our website. We encourage you to participate – it’s fun and […]
Small Fish At the Franchise Expo in Melbourne
We attended the Melbourne Franchising Expo this weekend and a good time was had by all, except Jon who soldiered on through flu (with the help of proper Codral). We met lots of decent people, some potential new coaches with whom we are now in discussion, some potential new coaching clients (for our yet-to-be recruited […]
Fit for Business- The Elite Few
Elite athletes make us marvel at their agility, stamina, mastery of their chosen discipline and focus on a goal. Could you imagine if you could capture each of those disciplines and apply them in your business? Let’s break them down and play with some ideas on how your business can join the elite few. Agility […]
Unlimited Paid Leave…. Yes Please
I have just heard about a media company in America called Social Strata that offers its employees unlimited paid leave. Here’s the link… Unlimited Paid Leave Sounds too good to be true…? Apparently about 1% of companies in America are offering their employees this option, and when you think about it, it does make sense. […]
Inspired by Inspirational People
What has really amazed me about working with Small Business owners is that they achieve so much on their own in such little available time. I am constantly reminded how lucky Small Business owners are when they are successful and loving what they do. As a Business Coach, selfishly, I have had great satisfaction in […]
Competing May Not Be As Hard As it Looks
Story time…… My little girl, when she was at school, was worried about how to get good grades and compete with her peers. It was all getting a bit over whelming. She mistakenly believed everyone worked as diligently and hard as her. She was also more than a little peeved at the geniuses who seemed […]
When Marketing Campaigns Go Bad!
I promise it will make you laugh! These are just a few of the most famous marketing blunders. It’s interesting to see that even the worlds largest companies don’t always get it right! 1. “Nothing sucks like an Electrolux” was used by the Scandinavian vacuum manufacture to promote their product in the U.S.A. Perhaps an […]
Work:Life Balance
At Small Fish, we really believe in the idea of finding a harmonious Work:Life balance. Together with driving profitability, improving the Work:Life balance would be one of the most common objectives for business owners that we come across. So, what is this thing we call Work:Life balance? “Balance” itself is an interesting word to use […]
Small Fish at the Franchise Expo- Free Tickets
We’re at the Franchise Expo in Melbourne, 20th to 22nd August, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Come and see us. If you’d like to attend, call us because we have some free tickets. If you know someone who is considering Business Coaching, definitely ask us for a ticket for them. We’re giving one of the […]