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If you were to compare your performance or that of your business (large or small) to the “best in class”, how might you fare in such benchmarking? You know, having confidence in knowing where you stood and what you needed to do to get there, or stay there? Would you know where to start? And then? The post Benchmarking appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

So you’ve chosen to go out on your own and you’re wondering how on earth do I find the right pricing strategy to charge for my services, right? A very typical question every new start-up wrestles with. Shall we have a look at it together? The post Finding The Right Price-Point appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Whether you are an employee, contractor or running your own business, how disciplined are you to sticking to your own values based rules? Have you and / or your business got well defined good governance and how well do you adhere to it? The post Good Governance appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

So when do you think it will be time to “pull up stumps” on your career or your business? Do you have any retirement planning for how to get there and make it happen? And what are you planning to do with yourself then? The post Pulling up Stumps? appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

How many small business growth thresholds have you already encountered in your start-up business? Are they "testing your mettle?" Perhaps you're wondering whether you have the best approaches? The post New Business Start-up Thresholds appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Are you considering your own business? What's driving you? Or what's stopping you? Are you going in with your eyes open or your fingers crossed? The post Considering Your Own Business? appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Is your selling made easy enough for them to want to buy from you? Or are you so busy selling that you get in the way of your client being able to buy? The post Are you selling or do they buy? appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

How strongly do you think that your being curious affects the manner in which you connect with them when you are talking to or influencing other people? Doesn't your being interested in them make you more interesting to them? The post Being Curious appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Has it ever dawned on you that the wrong person might be owning responsibility? Without clarity on whose journey is it, who is deprived of the learning? The post Whose journey is it? appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

How well does your small talk unfreeze or put people at ease ahead of a business conversation? Or are you one of those intense people that “have to get straight into it”? The post Small-talk appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

How well are you able to apply posturing for strengthening your presence, enhancing your position and influence in meetings, presentations or negotiations? The post Posturing appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

How good are you at remembering names - other people’s names? Knowing how important our names are to us, is it a skill or struggle? What if it were easy? The post Remembering Names appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Would people call you an inspiration? Or are you bored or boring? When do you inspire with your charisma and passion or when might you go “over the top”? The post Inspiration, passion and obsession appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

If I asked about your awareness, how awake, alert, aware and connected would you say you are right now to what’s going on with, in, on and around you? The post Awareness appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

What prevails – urgency and chaos or focus on what matters? How well are you able to filter the urgent out from the important in your life and work right now? The post Urgency appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Are you genuinely connecting with those you are speaking with? How strongly can they feel your interest, empathy and engagement? And the way you make them feel? The post Are you really connecting? appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Do you have the complacency of a thermometer that just measures the temperature or are you a thermostat that turns up the heat on what really matters? The post Complacency appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

Do your leadership attitudes serve those you lead, or do you prefer to have them serve you instead? Is it all about you or more about empowering them? The post Leaders serve appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

How often have you been in a situation where you knew the boundaries of your business integrity (your “price”) and compliance thereto was being tested? And how often have you failed that test? The post Values, ethics, integrity and compliance appeared first on letstalkcoaching.

What interests or agendas do most of your decisions and actions serve: self interest of your own career, those of your unit, your company, your clients or stakeholders? The post Pulling the right levers appeared first on letstalkcoaching.