Do you say YES to the wrong projects OR to the wrong people?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 02 Strategy & Planning, 03 Personal Management & Mindset, 04 People & Teams, Uncategorised
I have a private coaching client that used to say YES to the wrong people or the wrong projects a lot! It got him into all kinds of situations; and once it nearly cost him his business. I was reminded of this […]
Read MoreCan you make informed decisions?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 04 People & Teams, 05 Marketing & Communications, Uncategorised
A few months ago, we did a blog about effective communications, as some people really struggle to communicate effectively with others and, if you happen to be a team leader, who is unable to communicate effectively, this inability can lead […]
Read MoreAre your business processes and procedures in good order?
- Post By: Andrea O'mahony
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- Category: 01 Leadership & Team Building, 02 Strategy & Planning, 04 People & Teams
During a recent CLC’s networking event Matthew Rogers of Octopus Project Solutions delivered a presentation on the subject of ‘Business Processes and Procedures’. Matthew made it clear that the understanding of an outcome is imperative in the development of every process. […]
Read MoreAre you a leader that can be trusted?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 01 Leadership & Team Building
According to a recent Harvard Business Review survey, we live in a world where trust is at an all-time-low. In fact, 58% of respondents admitted to trusting strangers more than their own boss. How sad, disappointing and unhelpful is that? Furthermore, […]
Read MoreAre you stuck?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 01 Leadership & Team Building, 02 Strategy & Planning
If you are, what does it take to get you unstuck? Most of the business owners and senior business leaders we have worked with over the past ten years, on an executive development basis, were ‘STUCK’ at some point! They may […]
Read MoreWhat happens when a prospective or existing client goes silent on you?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 05 Marketing & Communications, 06 Sales
When clients go silent, it often feels like they have disappeared. So why does this sort of thing happen when you are taking your clients’ interests seriously, when they don’t seem to be? What, if anything, can you do to stop […]
Read MoreDo you share these challenges?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 01 Business Growth & Development
Some of the most common business growth and developmental comments I hear from business owners and team leaders associated with the construction industry finish up in one of the following three categories: MARKETING MESSAGE FAILS Their marketing message falls on […]
Read MoreDo you hate selling?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 01 Business Growth & Development, 06 Sales
If you hate selling, but it’s part of your role you obviously have a big problem! In my experience, most construction industry professionals that occupy a client facing role often get freaked out by the ‘selling’ process. Most hate it […]
Read MoreDo you know the answers to all those business questions?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: 02 Strategy & Planning, 05 Marketing & Communications, 06 Sales
In a recent workshop I was asked “How do I get all the important questions in one place?” I replied, “i’m glad you asked that question”. No, I really was. Because I had recently done a workshop about that very subject as it relates […]
Read MoreDo you demonstrate your solutions effectively?
- Post By: Terry O'Mahony
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- Category: Uncategorised
From a business development perspective, the greatest challenge in most construction related organisations is not that they don’t have enough opportunities; it’s that that they don’t have the systems or ability to identify who their real prospects are and, as […]
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