Most people assume the most dangerous week of the year is the holidays. Too much food, too many commitments, too little structure. In business, the most dangerous week is often far quieter. It’s the week after you hit a milestone. A sudden jump in revenue.A major team win.A new hire finally settling in and producing.A […]
The Week After the Win: Why Momentum Dies and How to Protect It Read More »
In my work with leaders, entrepreneurs and teams, I’ve noticed a pattern:We all want growth, yet we resist the very process that makes growth possible. That process is perturbation. Perturbation is the internal pressure you feel when your current identity, habits, or belief systems are no longer enough to support the direction you want to
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In Guyana today, I’m seeing more and more business owners catching on to the idea that business coaching is a real competitive advantage. And that’s a great thing. It shows that our entrepreneurs are thinking beyond day-to-day operations and are starting to focus on strategy, systems, and leadership. With that growing awareness comes a serious
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Have you ever wondered why you feel busy all the time? Whether you actually are or not isn’t even the point. The reality is, every day brings a mountain of tasks. Emails to send. Calls to return. Problems to fix. Teams to manage. One fire after another. Before long, your days start to look the
This week at BizX, held on Monday and Tuesday, one lesson rang louder than the rest: “Speed is life.” Brad shared a compelling vision of what our businesses could look like in the future: leaner, faster, more impactful. It was a timely reminder that, too often, we get stuck in the weeds of what we
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At ActionCOACH, we talk a lot about testing and measuring. It’s a simple but powerful concept; you do the work, you measure the results, and then you reflect on what to change or keep doing based on what you’ve learned. Yet, I’m constantly amazed by how many business owners and leaders seem too busy for
Why “Being Busy” Is the Fastest Way to Slow Down Your Growth Read More »
Last week, I got accused of doing an infomercial. Twice. I earned it. I told two clients to double their coaching investment to get back on a fast growth track. It was uncomfortable to say. It was also accurate. Here’s the math. At the start of their programs, the investment in coaching sat around 2.15%
Simple and fast? Or arduous and slow? A Guyana reality check Read More »
The real purpose of management isn’t to control people, it’s to create competence and productivity within your team. When done right, management transforms chaos into clarity, uncertainty into direction and effort into results. I was reminded of this again today. A manager shared that they had stopped using their management process for a while. And,
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I’ve often said that life is a mirror; and the longer I lead and build, the more I see how true that really is. Everything I encounter in business seems to echo back something deeper about the work we’re doing and the choices we’re making. Today was a good example. I heard about marketing stress.
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After a decade of coaching founders and executive teams across Guyana and the Caribbean, one pattern is impossible to ignore: outcomes follow behavior. Not personality, not luck, behavior. To make the path to results visible and practical, I use a simple Traffic-Light Accountability System based on seven weekly habits. It tells you at a glance
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