Business Tools & Tips
Why Women Stay Stuck with a Hobby, Not a Real Business
When you started your own business to create a more flexible lifestyle, you knew wouldn’t be a walk in the park. But you didn’t expect you’d have to work THIS hard. And STILL feel like your business is stuck on the starting block. If this is how you feel right now, you are not…
Read MoreCorporate Career to Coaching Business – How to Make the Transition
Many people dream of one-day transitioning from their 9-5 to start their own coaching business…perhaps you are one of them. And when, according to FreshBooks, 54% of self-employed entrepreneurs say they make more money now than when they were employed. Added to their finding that 97% of self-employed professionals say they would never go…
Read MoreBounce Back from Redundancy with a Business Coach
Redundancy is an extremely difficult time for most people. Even when we know it’s common in today’s fluctuating economies and companies scale down, it’s hard not to take redundancy personally. The most important thing to keep in mind, however, is that redundancy is not a reflection of your performance. And it’s not something you…
Read MoreOvercoming Imposter Syndrome with a Business Coach
Imposter syndrome is a common theme at business or leadership events for women. It’s often cited by women as the key reason for their lack of self-confidence, for why they feel like a ‘fraud’ or unworthy of the successes they have achieved. There is irony in that last statement – women who suffer from…
Read MoreWhy selling feels hard, and how to get confident with sales
How do you feel about selling? It’s tempting to think of selling as something separate from the rest of your business. To put it off and tell yourself, it’s just an awkward conversation you’ll have later on in your sales process. But the truth is, selling starts from the moment you first meet…
Read MoreImproving your profits (without increasing your hours!)
Let’s talk about profits. Thinking about profits or improving your profitability can make you feel uneasy. Many new entrepreneurs, especially women, tend to avoid calculating their profits, when they launch their business. Female entrepreneurs often have a clear reason why they launched their business in the first place: many of them…
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