Ology Coaching Blog
Creating a Brand
Having a brand can differentiate your business from your competitors and drive customer loyalty. Branding isn’t just for multinationals with huge budgets: small and medium firms can create an effective brand by examining how the business works and what it means to its...
How sharp is your Axe?
Bear with me – I’ve a short fable to share… all will be revealed! Once upon a time, there were two woodcutters named Keir and Boris, always at loggerheads over who chopped more wood, they decided to hold a competition to determine the winner. The rules were...
Managing Change
Businesses are faced with change all the time however taking time to plan in advance should bring both competitive advantage and make the journey much smoother. Most changes in a business are minor and incremental with rhetoric sometimes that includes words like...
Harnessing your Brain to Win
With half of the world constrained to their homes, our approach to goal setting is likely to be different from previous years. In lockdown, the goals we have set for ourselves may relate to mastering a new skill or getting ourselves fit and in shape, some other...
There is no I in Team
There’s no ‘I’ in Team…… What nonsense! How many ‘Team Effectiveness’ courses or workshops have you been on or seen where this statement is used? The basic premise is that selfish thoughts and deeds should be suppressed in favour of actions that will contribute...
The Bad News and the Good News
The bad news: we are going to live through the worst economic times since the Thirties Depression. And very possibly worse than that. What has to unwind in the coming years is the enormous debt that America and Britain have accumulated. So the good times are over...
5 Mission Critical Skills of Outstanding Sales People
Do you miss your sales targets consistently? Do you have high sales targets and wonder how you are going to achieve them? Research has identified Five Mission Critical Selling Skills that you, as a sales professional, must master to effectively move beyond your...
An Ode to Ology Coaching
When you’re running your own business, it’s a fact you’ll often find There are things you need to put in place, but just don’t have the time If you have a valued workforce, it’s so vital you ensure They stay keen and motivated and don’t vanish out the door From...
To see ourselves as others see us… in challenging times
Challenging times, urgent change, motivation of your team... are you ready? As Robert Burns said in his poem “To a Louse”… “O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see us” This translates roughly as… “Oh, that God would give us the very smallest...
Working from Home – don’t micromanage
Working from Home - Don’t Micromanage As a boss working remotely, many, if not all of your employees, are working from home. Do you let them get on with the work and touch base at pre-determined times or do you keep sending emails and making calls to check progress....