http://craigjennings.com/blog Business Coaching Blog Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:10:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Accountability is much in the news these days. Would you agree that it's also much avoided? And "when you point your finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at you!" The solo-preneur has no one else to point at. As the business grows larger, accountability is distributed, but ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/accountability-is-more-better/ Author of the forthcoming book “Driving with the handbrake on”  a treatise on coaching small business owners/entrepreneurs in developing their businesses and getting past their “stucknesses.” http://craigjennings.com/blog/my-new-book/ In a  cocktail party yesterday, a man complained – “I’m going to change my career – I’ve been a financial advisor for 10 years and they’ve changed the bonuses in the program (he last worked for AIG!) so I refuse to work for less money.”  Change of direction can be ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/dealing-with-the-new-economy/ We’ve spoken about CEO time – how to get it. Now, let’s explore how to use it. The subtitle for this exercise is “THE TYRANNY OF THE URGENT.” Suppose, just suppose, you’re not totally busy, all day and at all hours. Suppose you get a dozen things done, have time to catch ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/driving-with-the-handbrake-on/ How does coaching contribute to the success of a small business?  My clients use me lots of different ways.  These are three. Binocular vision – one eye perceives flatness, 2 eyes perspective.  Particularly where one “eye” has seen it before. Accountability – when ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/69/ Entrepreneur’s Disease – Symptoms & Cures Check-List:  More than three, call the Doctor! - I am impatient with others at least several times a week. - I wake up at 3am to have enough time to worry about revenue. - I have business debt which exceeds 20% of my annual revenues. - My spouse (or ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/entrepreneur%e2%80%99s-disease-%e2%80%93-symptoms-cures/ by Craig Jennings, Business Coach The Texas Smoothie. Jerry from Texas was a member of my Mastermind group.  He was an internet wizard, self-employed, and described himself as “busier than a cat in a sandbox.”  (Colorful Texas aphorism.) It seemed he wasn’t getting as much accomplished as he wanted to, despite a heroic ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/driving-with-the-handbrake-on-a-series-of-conversations-with-entrepreneurs/ If you were going to SCAM a coach, consider that you want to take advantage of his ambition, his vanity and perhaps his greed. You want to appear generous, and give him an opportunity to reciprocate. You would invest some time in this, so you could set up a good take. And that's just exactly ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/scamming-the-coach/ Is there anyone who can speak for you or your business better than you can yourself? Yes there is – your customer. Consider that your customer knows what you do, and has had a pretty full experience of the benefits.  He knows what you do, and how it impacts him.  If ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/testimonials/ There is no success without accountability. But if you'd rather have people accountable to you than be accountable to them, this newsletter may be for you. There are at least three kinds ... http://craigjennings.com/blog/aided-accountability/