Meetings – Proactive VS Reactive
There are certain themes in business coaching that I touch on pretty regularly. One of them is the topic of holding regular team meetings. I don’t believe there is a week that goes by that I don’t talk about the importance of meetings.
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Goals and Accountability
Last night I was thinking about 3 ways in which goals and accountability helped me just yesterday and how this applies to business goals.
Yesterday morning, after having traveled for several days, I did something that I typically do very consistently: I weighed myself. And I found that because it had been several days since I last weighed myself, I had slipped up a little bit in regard to my weight. Just knowing that immediately resulted in a change of mindset for me concerning my caloric intake.
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Employee Retention
When I think about employee retention or employee engagement, I often think of it this way: “How ‘all in’ are your employees?” The answer to this question is very important. [Read more…]
End of the Year: Reflection and Anticipation
Reflecting on 2018
Every December, we get the privilege of looking back over the past 12 months–reflecting on the past—-and the opportunity to look forward to the next 12 months—-planning for the future. I think that the natural course of things is intentional. In order to be balanced, wise people, we need time to pause and take stock.
As I think back on 2018, I would say that it’s been a transitional year for my wife and me. On the business front, 2018 has been a prosperous year, and we are grateful for that. On a personal level, I lost both my father-in-law (in March) and my father (in November). They were two great men who shaped my life and my family so much. In August, we gained a beautiful granddaughter. So 2018 has definitely been a year full of transitions and shifts for our family, as well as for Broad Insights as a company.
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Is Coaching Worth It?
Coaching works. That’s the secret of the performance elite–people performing at the top of their game, whatever that game is. The world’s top performers, from athletes to entrepreneurs to executives, all have coaches. For them, the benefits of coaching are obvious.
Coaching benefits for your business
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Having the Right Tools
I was up at my lake house recently, looking forward to a very quiet early morning cup of coffee. I like to put canned milk in my coffee, but I just could not find the can opener. Of all the simple things! I have this can opener that’s manual, just a little triangular opening thing that lets you open the can of milk and enjoy your coffee. But I couldn’t find it, and I didn’t want black coffee this morning. I was scrounging around for the thing, thinking, “Okay, do I puncture this can with a knife? What if it slips and I stab myself?” [Read more…]
Have You Planned Your Best 2019 Yet?
We are already into the 4th quarter of 2018! As business owners, most of us are already thinking about what to do better or differently in 2019. Many business owners have already cultivated the habit of setting aside time for reflecting and visioning. At Broad Insights, we applaud and encourage proactive patterns like that, and we want to encourage you to consider adding another level of intentionality to your planning. [Read more…]
“What Odor?”
One of the things we try to do at Broad Insights is begin by diagnosing situations. I was working with a hog farmer up in Ohio, and I wanted to take the time to have him walk me through his process. So we started with the small piglets and sows, followed through to the weaned pigs, and so on. I walked through all the barns, and I had all this gear on to make sure I didn’t contaminate anything (they have to be very careful of diseases). When we got to the end of all those barns, I turned to the farmer and said, “Ed, do you ever get used to the odor?” He looked at me quizzically and said, “What odor?” Of course, that made us both laugh. [Read more…]
Finding Your Landmark
You probably travel quite a bit by air, as I do. One of the things I enjoy is looking for landmarks as I’m flying into my local airport. I try to find one landmark that tells me where I am relative to my destination. It’s interesting to me that until I find that first landmark, everything looks the same. There have been times, especially on cloudy days, when I didn’t even know the direction of my approach. And when I find that one landmark, everything begins to clarify. Oh, okay, there’s that water tower. I know that shopping center, that neighborhood, etc. But until then, I’m very lost. [Read more…](864)761-4141