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Category Archives for "business coaching"

0 Lessons from Disney No.3: someone’s always watching

The last lesson I’m going to share with you/burden you with from our Disney experience is this: there’s always someone watching. The signs on the ‘no entry’ doors at Disney don’t read ‘Staff Only’, they read ‘Cast Members Only’. Every single person who works in Disneyland – the poor sweating souls in the Disney costumes, […]

0 Lessons from Disney No.2: keep moving

You’d think if any company had reached a point where it could rest on its laurels, it would be Disney. One of the biggest brands in the world, with perhaps the most iconic, recognisable characters in the world of entertainment, a slick operation, massive profits. And yet, it never stops. When Walt Disney opened Disneyland […]

0 Lessons from Disney No.1: scale your ideas

I said yesterday I’d learned a few things about business in those few crazy family days at Disneyland Paris – here’s the first. Mickey Mouse started as a cartoon character. (Stay with me.) When he was created, back in 1928, the primary channel for distribution was via the picture houses, where cartoon shorts were shown […]

0 You do it by doing it

In this week’s podcast episode, I talk to Warren Knight, speaker, consultant and author of Think #Digital First (you can listen to the full interview here). What really struck me in our conversation was the way in which Warren exemplified the entrepreneurial mindset, even as a very young man. He saw opportunities and took them, […]

0 Building a brain trust

Big companies have boards of directors, which provide governance, a wide range of expertise and access to useful networks. When they work well, board meetings are focused, challenging, supportive and collaborative. (That’s a big ask, and they don’t always work well.) Creating a board of directors for your book is a bit over the top, […]

0 Magic in the room

Mostly, my business is online. I talk to people via email, Facebook or Skype. I’m more connected, to more people, more of the time, than I’ve probably ever been in my life, but it’s not that often that I’m physically sharing a space with them. Today was one of those days, and I need to […]

0 Masterminding under the tree

A truly magical day: the first in-person meeting of my inaugural This Book Means Business Mastermind group. It’s a small group of four, all business owners with distinctive ideas and approaches, great expertise, and a vision for growing their business and transforming their visibility with the book they’re writing. We’re focusing on four areas of […]

0 Growth, but not at any price

If you’ve set up a small business, the messages targeted at you are all about growth. You read ‘inspirational’ stories of entrepreneurs who went from a standing start to a seven-figure business in two years (which personally I found intimidating rather than inspiring). It can seem sometimes as though seeking to grow is the inevitable, […]

0 Coffee and connection – fuel for entrepreneurs

I spent last night at the British Library, as part of the panel at the Passion Into Pounds event hosted by Jessica Huie MBE and Vicki Psarias, aka Honest Mum. My fellow panellists were Jo Morrell, founded of The Pool, and media expert and best-selling author of The Million Dollar Blog, Natasha Courtenay-Smith. And me. Imposter […]

0 My advice for anyone considering making the leap as an entrepreneur

Next week I’m taking part in what looks like a fabulous event for International Women’s Day at the British Library, Passion into Pounds, an ‘evening of inspiration’ for women hosted by Vicki Psarias and Jessica Huie (see more here). It’s my favourite format, a panel discussion (I’m in superb company: the other members are Jo Morrell, […]

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