Here is a video that is jam-packed with lots of great advice:
Audio - Practice for Retirement
provides tips to help you more easily STRENGTHEN, IMPROVE and/or GROW your BUSINESS.
Please permit us to introduce ourselves and how we serve businesses ... and most especially, the people in them.
As a business success coach, I partner primarily with business owners and department managers who, simply put, WANT MORE!
As a result of my having been the general contractor in building our home in 2004-2005, I started a program wherein I provide training and coaching to business owners in the construction industry so they, too, can enjoy:
TONS more FUN
as they prepare for RETIREMENT ... on their terms
while watching more PROFITS simply flow in!!!
Listen as Lionel & Chantel share with you an example of the type of results you, too can enjoy in just 3 months! 
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Today I work with business owners in every industry who want the lifestyle they dreamed of when they started their businesses; business owners who realize they will get these results only by either
- regaining control of their fast-growing businesses, or
- propelling the growth of their businesses.
All of this is so do-able. Here's what another client says:
More PROFITS, TONS more FUN and RETIREMENT ... on your terms!
After participating in Trade-Contractors' Business Strategies training & coaching program with Lynne Jacob, I have learned to take business improvement ideas and implement them into reality. I have learned the importance of staying focused on goals and to hold fast when problems arise. I have re-assessed our staffing policies and made some necessary changes to reflect ideas learned from Lynne. These changes have, so far, sustained us through the current economic situation. Even with many manufacturing jobs "on hold" we have not had to do any down-sizing and have just landed our biggest job to date
Jim Gaffney
Sylvio & Josée are delighted with the level of confidence they now feel, as they watch precisely what they listed in their 90-days goals appear ... piece-by-piece. This new-found confidence has put a spring in Sylvio's step and even his neighbour's find he's not running so much anymore. Sylvio's so much calmer these days he finds it's he who's calming Josée when something hits the fan. In just a few days, one small tweak in the way they do things around there resulted in saving more than DOUBLE their investment in themselves through the 7 Simple Strategies 4 Success. Just think of the net ROI over the next several years and numerous houses!If you're a bit curious about our services you need do nothing but read on. We will enter your co-ordinates into our database and you will receive periodic mailings from us, such as announcements of new products and services, as well as newsletters on How to Strengthen, Improve and/or GROW your Business ... be it a one-person band, a small or medium-sized company or a department in a large company.
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A friend doesn't quite get it
I recently heard from a friend, who's an employee receiving our newsletters, that he doesn't fully comprehend how I help business owners and their businesses. And do I help employees, too? That was clearly a message to me. If one person doesn't quite get it, there are others in the same boat.In a nutshell, I help people:
struggling ... with cash flow, support teams, customer issues, too little profit; sacrificing ... their lives, their families, their FUN ... for this thing called "a business" which now feels more like a job; settling ... for "good enough."How?
- By helping you get really clear on the life you'd prefer to be living through your business;
- By helping you get back in touch with why you ever got into business in the first place - rekindle your passion, relight the fire in your belly;
- By helping you get the FUN back into your business;
- By helping you live the lifestyle you dreamt of when you first dreamed of starting your business, or taking over the helm of the family business.
How?
- By helping you stay focused on your goals, despite the detours & road-blocks;
- By helping you say "yes" ... with increased confidence ... to opportunities that knock on your door;
- By helping you feel the thrill of uncertainty - rather than the fear of the unknown.
How?
- For some, through 1-on-1 private coaching by telephone or face-to-face or both
- For others, through group training & coaching programs, either by tele-seminar or face-to-face or both
- And for many, by working with their employees, as well, because in order for you to
SOAR with Your BUSINESS you need a championship support team, supporting you along the way. (Contact Lynne Lynne@mljcoaching.com directly and learn about the newly launched Team Development Coaching Program.)The Business Envelope is what I help you stay focused on, first filling the holes and parging the cracks of the foundation to ensure great support as you fill the rooms and add more floors; i.e. strengthen/improve/grow your business.
I don't get frustrated, now, knowing where ownership lies; knowing what is my responsibility and what isn't. From working through this workbook I know how to build the necessary alliances to accomplish our objectives. This said, it's still a work in progress and I have already re-worked the workbook on numerous occasions.
Nancy Bowman
Do I only help business owners?
Our testimonials and Life Coaching page shows that for the few "employees" who see the value of investing in themselves, they, too, enjoy HUGE results! Like not only 4 pay increases in the 1st 3 months of her "dream job" but in an even newer position $18,000 in 18 months! Now how's that for an ROI?
What are your heart's desires?
How can I help you make the decision ... to turn your heart's desires into reality?
You have to do it ... but you can't do it alone.
There's Nothing New Out There
| There's Nothing New Out There It's comical, as I read the archived newsletter, from 2 years ago, that I wanted to share with you. http://www.mljcoaching.com/mlji/news_June_08.htm Just more proof that there's nothing new out there in business ... as Rick frequently reminded me was what I had said that helped him invest in turning their ship around. I was feeling like I was losing control of my company. When I heard of Lynne's program, it was actually the tools she provides that helped me decide to invest in the Trade-Contractors' Business Strategies Training . I now find it is easier to set goals and to stick to them to accomplish the goals I set. If you are finding it difficult to decide to make the financial investment, my advice is, simply: "Don't wait! Get the right tools to get what you want out of life and out of your company." It's the consistency that I like most about the T-C BS Training and the way Lynne runs her program. Rick Guitard, GP Garrick Electrical Ltd. In the archived newsletter, http://www.mljcoaching.com/mlji/news_June_08.htm , I'm explaining precisely what I've been explaining to several clients of late ... and the cutest thing is that this is precisely what I'm doing myself these days. In 2 different provinces and 3 different states in the U.S, I just finished a very busy 3 1/2 weeks. Coming home from a MasterMind meeting with one of my mentors and the others in the group, I have to, yet again, become really clear on where I'm spending my time and on which activities. |
3 Unique Abilities What are yours? Those 3 things that not only are you the best person to do them but each of these 3 things really charge you, fill you with excitement and a lot more energy. These 3 Unique Abilities increase the FUN FACTOR in your business ... and in you, too. As an example, my 3 Unique Abilities are: 1) coaching and training -- when I'm on the tools, so-to-speak; 2) helping people like you make an informed buying decision; 3) writing ... magazine articles & newsletters, like this one, for example. Get really clear on your 3 Unique Abilities and just hand everything that doesn't fit into those categories to others. Just this Monday, Dave shared with me how he has found that over the past 7 weeks that we've been working together he has been delegating a lot more ... and he finds that his employees are - behaving more responsibly; and, - showing up for work! Taking much less time off. Can you imagine? Just because his boss finally gives him responsibility the employee gets more enthusiastic and more plugged in to his job! Simple as that! What are your 3 Unique Abilities? Getting clear on these is half the battle. The rest is simply delegating everything else ... or letting it go completely. Lionel shared with others in 7 Simple Strategies 4 Success this week how he found it very difficult to believe that
You see, there was another client in the tele-seminar having challenges seeing how he could let go of mundane tasks that can be done by others. You know: Those tasks you hang onto for yourself because it's an "overhead" charge. You can't bill the time to a customer. Want your employees' behaviour to improve and to get the fun back into your daily routine? Let's have a 20-minute chat and see if any of my programs, that
are right for you, so that you, too, can enjoy these results. Give me a call, on my direct line at 613-353-9941, or pop me a line at Lynne@mljcoaching.com. You, too, can be enjoying these results! And more importantly, You deserve these ... and better ... results! |
Does your SOFT HEART hurt your business results?
What an appropriate time for the topic of next Monday's no-cost tele-class: The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
There's a common thread that runs through the vast majority of businesses:
Soft hearts
Being loving and kind and truly caring about your customers and your employees is an extremely nice quality in you as a person; but just listen to how it affects your business results.
The bottom line is that we are in business to help people ... to offer a solution to people's problems. If you're not offering relief to people's pain then people wouldn't pay you any money.
Even Canadian Tire and Walmart
are offering pain relief to their customers - whether the customers need or want their products, if "feels" pretty much the same. In fact, putting ointment on a "want" feels much more relieving than applying the ointment to a "need." Just think of the last luxurious item you treated yourself to.
I've seen this common thread weaving its way throughout many & varied businesses just this week alone, even. I'll give you some examples:
1) A contractor has an employee who produces less in a day today than he did when he was hired 9 months ago. 3 times already in the past few months this employee's lack of follow-through and slow pace have been the topic of our coaching sessions. And again this week his employer said: For right or wrong, I gave him another chance. Well, this employer would not have been discussing it as an issue in our coaching session if it weren't ... an issue, a.k.a. a problem!
Why would he give this person who's actually putting the company at risk with the way he's not doing what he's been hired to do, and costing the business money ... paying the employee for the hours he puts in even though he's considerably over the labour estimated for the project?
Well ... the employee has these personal issues. The employer has spoken to him about these work-related issues numerous times, now ... always giving him another chance. The employer saw this week how he has a history of hanging on to non-producing employees for years longer than he should. This person is obviously not plugged in to the position. Release him. Let him go. Give him the freedom to find what he's looking for ... and allow the business to find the person who wants to play a major role in the growth of the business.
We are responsible to our employees; not for them. For this contractor to concern himself with the personal issues of his employee is costing the business, the contractor, his family, the employee, the customers and the future employee.
2) A health-care provider started out the day pumped and full of energy. By early-afternoon she sounded like she was carrying quite a load. What was the difference? She so loves the way in which she serves the world, helping people enjoy better health, but she, too, has crossed the line. We are responsible to our customers; not for them.
Easier said that executed, right? After all, that's why we got into business in the first place. When she has done all she can do, and refers her clients to other health-care providers ... that's all she can do. To carry the weight of what others aren't doing serves no one ... not this health-care provider, nor her family, nor her employees, nor her other clients, even!
"When I began working with Lynne, her first question to me was "What do you want to achieve?" My answer was simply "To have customers leave and say 'WOW that was great'". Since working with Lynne I find that not only are the customers leaving and saying "WOW that was great" but so are my staff and myself, making it a fun and happy place to work. I now look at things around me with a holistic view, not compartmentalized and find myself more in tune with people's feelings. I'm now able to be proactive when small things begin to happen, before they get to be big things. Working with Lynne was great, not only for helping me put strategies and systems in place, but also to use her as a sounding board to help clear my thoughts and as someone just to listen to me. Thank you, Lynne, for everything".
Steve BentonManager - Auto Service Department
3) Another client is stressing over cash-flow. With the amount of cash-on-hand, from week-to-week, he wants to be able to pay everyone, but as we focus on increasing and freeing up the flow of cash he still doesn't have enough to go all the way. He wants to make sure that the little businesses get as much as they need from him because, after all, they have families to feed.
Whoa! I asked my client to please get out of their kitchens! Feeding their families is their responsibility. What are the payment terms of their invoices? What do they do when people like my client don't pay 100% within those terms? There's a reason why these people continue to do business with my client, even though they don't get paid within 30 days during the slow season. As we focus on honouring their payment terms, he needs to remember that he is responsible to his "subs" not for them.
4) And I, a success coach, who helps people enjoy the results and live the lifestyle they desire through their businesses, have had 2 issues this week with receiving payment. I make it extremely clear to my clients what the payment terms are. On rare occasions I will bend ... and I just had a reminder of why to always stand tall.
I am responsible to my clients - and I deliver on my promise every single time. I just had a wonderful reminder that I am not responsible for my clients ... nor for their results.
Look around in your business ... and in your family and personal life, even.
Where are you giving people a break, a second chance, another and yet another chance? When we are crystal clear on
> the requirements for the position;
> the services we offer;
> the promises we make; and
> the terms of our providing those services and keeping those promises
and then we cave in yet again it costs ... not only us, but it costs our businesses, through our frustration it costs our families, in Case #1, above, it costs the other employees, the customers, etc. etc. I'm sure you get the picture.
What are your systems? What are your ... terms - payment or otherwise? Remember that you set them for a reason. Now ... stick to them! Follow through! It may feel painful at the moment, but you know as well as I do and as well as all of the people involved in the above scenarios, that your toeing your own line benefits everyone and everyone will thank you for it.
Want some help in sticking to your terms? My VIP Coaching Program, originally launched in the Pilot Project stage back in late December, has been helping numerous business owners stick to their terms. In the Pilot Project stage the investment for the services delivered was almost one-third of regular. Within the next few weeks the Pilot will go to Regular and the investment will more than double. Your ROI will still be every bit as fantastic, but if you like getting great deals ... ACT NOW!
E-mail me directly at Lynne@mljcoaching.com or give me a call at 613-353-9941 to see if the VIP Coaching Program is the solution to your problem ... the relief for your pain.
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